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DITCHLING CORPORATION LIMITED
"Supplying professional Pest Control products since 1964"
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DITCHLING CORPORATION LIMITED
"Supplying professional Pest Control products since 1964"
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Mosquitoes
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Mosquitoes go through four stages of development-egg, larva, pupa and adult. The egg will hatch only in water , and the larva and pupa can develop only in water. The eggs are laid directly on water or on moist soil wherever flood water is likely to collect and remain for a period of time. Females of most species lay from 100 to several hundred eggs.
Sluggish or standing water high in organic content is preferred for breeding . Such locations are edges of swamps, temporary flood water pools, shallow ponds, weedy margin s of deeper ponds and woodland pools. Mosquitoes will also develop in any standing water which accumulates around culverts, catch basins, eavestroughs, discarded tires, tin cans, bird baths, and ornamental pools. Mosquitoes develop only in stagnant water, and cannot survive wave action of pen bodies of water or the movement of water in flowing streams; locations such as large ponds and lakes are not suitable breeding sites.
Eggs hatch to produce “wrigglers” or larvae, which feed on micro-organisms or organic debris in water. A larva grows by shedding its skin and emerging into progressively larger stages. There are three such molts, then one more to change the larva into a pupa. The larva changes into the pupa which resembles a black comma, and obtains air at the water surface through a pair of trumpet-like tubes. The pupal skin splits when the adult forming within is ready to emerge. The adult rests on the empty skin on top of the water while its legs and wings stiffen; then it flies away.
The adult Mosquito is an active flying insect, but is relatively fragile and may die from dehydration if exposed continuously to sunshine or conditions of relatively low humidity; therefore, adults ill tend to seek shelter from the sun during the day in dense vegetation such as hedges, tall grass or woods.. They venture out of these locations at sunset, on dull days, or in humid conditions such as occur just before rain. For a few days both sexes feed on plant juices and nectars, then they mate.
Only the female Mosquito bites and feeds on the blood of man, animals and birds. Mosquitoes must feed on blood to develop eggs; a few days after her blood meal the female lays eggs; females of most species die shortly after this, but some are able to repeat the cycle of blood-sucking and egg-laying several times.
St Louis Encephalitis is a disease spread by Mosquitoes which have fed on Birds carrying the Group B virus.
West Nile Virus is spread by Mosquitoes that have fed on infected Birds.
There are more than 60 species of Mosquito in Canada; many differ in details of their life stages, such as preferred source of blood, number of generations per year, preferred breeding habitat, and water temperature for larval development. Some species favor spring emergence, some summer and others fall. Time required for development from egg to adult also varies and may be as short as one week or as long as a month or more. Length of adult life varies from a few days to a few months, also depending on species and environmental conditions.
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CONTROL
Mosquito control is an ongoing, never ending activity.
PROFESSIONAL AEROSOL will give temporary, localized relief.
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