mercredi 12 septembre 2018

Facts Regarding Home Mosquito Control Systems

By Debra Ward


Mosquitoes are small insects that are responsible for transmitting malaria from one person to another through their bite. These insects have a sharp tube for a mouth, which they use to insert into the body of a host to suck blood. As they suck blood, they also deposit malaria-causing organisms into the body. Research indicates that the world has a staggering 2700 different species of mosquitoes, and 176 of them are found in the United States.

The undesirable effects brought by mosquitoes in a human environment result from the fact that they are bloodsuckers and bring about diseases. This is worsened by the fact that they may traverse many miles at night to locate a host to bite and suck blood from. To deal with mosquitoes and their bad effects, various home mosquito control systems have been devised to control their populations in human habitats.

These techniques take the forms of systems installed by individuals on their residences and properties. Those installed outside the house emit chemical insecticides at predetermined intervals of time. The implication is that they deal with mosquitoes without necessitating intervention of humans after installation. Individuals are only required to maintain the supply of the insecticide. The rest falls in place automatically.

There are numerous firms that major in manufacturing and selling the above-mentioned devices. An individual can get the advertisements of the systems on a number of blogs and websites. The devices can also be bought from several locations like garden stores, shopping malls and home depots. The product can be shipped by online stores to location that the buyer prefers. This makes it more convenient.

Even though these products are highly advertised as being very efficient, researchers have different views. In fact, researchers state that there is no single mosquito control method that can be termed as effective on its own. They advise homeowners to combine several approaches in order to achieve better results. Combining several methods has been found to increase the efficiency of the entire operation several times.

AMCA is an American association known as America Mosquito Control Association. It has a illustrated couple of concerns on misting mosquito control systems installed outside. The user programs the system for continual release of insecticide that enters the air. The formulations of the insecticides used have their basis on natural pyrethrins or synthetic pyrethoids. Among the concerns about these systems is that they waste insecticides by applying it even when mosquitoes are not around.

In addition, the devices often target any insect. This may result in killing of insects that are beneficial. Furthermore, the insecticide mists have the capacity to drift to other locations. The availability of strong winds may accelerate the drifting, thus, transferring the effect elsewhere.

Insecticide resistance occurs from repeatedly spraying one insecticide for a log duration. They lose an effect on insects as the insects build a tolerance towards that insecticide. Thus, mosquitoes pass through the spray with no effect. There is significant reduction in in system efficiency when this happens.




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