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Ask these questions to sell mosquito services

Sometimes a list of technical jargon is a turn-off, even if you’re right. Instead, courteous and simple questions are the...

10 tips for mosquito prevention

Here are 10 timely prevention tips to make it tougher for mosquitoes to establish at your customer's properties this season.

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Use residual products to keep mosquitoes away

Until your next mosquito service, be sure to look for products with a long residual and wash-off resistance to help...

Timing is key for mosquito control, contracts

Timing is everything in mosquito control including when the service is performed and when contracts dictate property visits.

4 tips for your mosquito control strategy

There has been a recent influx of mosquito control products — from residential mosquito misting systems and gravid yellow fever...

Dr. Nicky Gallagher, Technical Services Manager, Syngenta Professional Pest Management

Reduce mosquito callbacks with barrier applications

Made with the right equipment, barrier applications can significantly reduce mosquito numbers, bites and callbacks. For best results, follow these...

Control mosquitoes to help ensure public health

PMPs must assist the public by helping provide sustainable mosquito control as well as education.

Encephalitis mosquito (Culex tarsalis) PHOTO: JOSEPH BURGER, BUGWOOD.ORG

Mosquito-borne disease risks

You may be an expert at finding and eliminating breeding sources that attract mosquitoes, but when customers have questions about...

15 mosquito management pro tips

Sharpen your mosquito management service with tips from pest management professionals who learned from experience.

Southern house mosquito (C. quinquefasciatus) PHOTO: CDC/JIM GATHANY

Mosquito control: Protecting health, adding revenue

Mosquito control services may help reduce the population of disease-carrying mosquitoes while improving profit margins

Educate customers about preventing mosquito breeding

Teach clients about mosquito breeding areas around their home in order to get effective control in the fight against mosquitoes.

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Use Google Earth for mosquito services

Once you have a location address, use Google Earth to view the landscape and any nearby water before starting mosquito...

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Don’t fear the ’skeeters

Help customers understand how mosquito control and the elimination of conducive conditions can help quell their fears and public health...

CSI: ProFlex 90-day Mosquito Protection Program

With this program, Control Solutions Inc. guarantees 90 days of no callbacks after you apply ProFlex for residential control of...

Mosquito-fighting bacteria shows promise, study finds

The Entomological Society of America's publication "Entomology Today" reports "encouraging results" from the program using Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes.