{"id":359,"count":41,"description":"For many mosquitoes are an annoyance, ruining outdoor entertaining. However, even in Australian, there is the risk of picking up a mosquito borne disease as a result of mosquito bites.\r\n<h2>Mosquito treatments<\/h2>\r\nOne of the best mosquito treatments for residential and commercial properties is to spray the mosquito resting areas surrounding the building and outdoor areas with insecticide. This can create a <a href=\"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/pest-control-mosquitoes\/best-practices-for-mosquito-barrier-applications\/\">mosquito interception zone<\/a> which can significantly reduce mosquito numbers for up to 3 months.\r\n\r\nFor water bodies than can be eliminated, treatment with insect growth regulators to prevent the development of larvae can be a very effective method of mosquito population control. Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/pest-control-mosquitoes\/think-igr-think-sumilarv-part-1-mosquitoes\/\">treating mosquito breeding sites<\/a>.\r\n<h2>Preventing mosquito problems<\/h2>\r\nHomeowners can reduce mosquito problems around their home by eliminating mosquito breeding sites. Learn more about<a href=\"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/pest-control-mosquitoes\/dont-forget-the-mosquito-prevention-tips\/\"> mosquito prevention tips<\/a>.\r\n<h2>Mosquito repellents<\/h2>\r\nMosquito repellents are an important tool to prevent mosquito bites, especially when out and about. DEET is one of the recommended repellents. Researchers have made some new discoveries on <a href=\"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/pest-control-mosquitoes\/mosquitoes-dont-like-to-land-on-deet\/\">how DEET works<\/a>.\r\n<h2>Mosquito diseases<\/h2>\r\nAlthough not common, there are a range of mosquito borne diseases in Australia. <a href=\"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/pest-control-mosquitoes\/dengue-in-australia\/\">Dengue fever<\/a> is confined to the tropical north with occasional outbreaks.\r\n\r\nThere are also outbreaks of Ross River fever, Murray Valley encephalitis and <a href=\"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/pest-control-mosquitoes\/rain-flooding-and-japanese-encephalitis\/\">Japanese encephalitis<\/a>.\r\n\r\nThere are also occasional outbreaks of the bairnsdale ulcer in Australia (called the buruli ulcer overseas), a skin condition, which is thought to be spread by mosquitoes.\r\n<h2>Mosquito Behaviour<\/h2>\r\nGiven the importance of mosquito control in preventing disease transmission globally, there is a lot of research on mosquito behaviour. One question people always ask is <a href=\"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/pest-control-mosquitoes\/how-far-do-mosquitoes-fly-and-why-does-it-matter\/\">how far can mosquitoes fly?<\/a> Which is very important when trying to set up a control program.\r\n\r\nSimilarly in developing new mosquito repellents, it's important to know <a href=\"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/pest-control-mosquitoes\/sniff-and-search-scientists-discover-how-mosquitoes-locate-a-host\/\">how mosquitoes find their host<\/a>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMore information on <a href=\"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/mosquitoes\/\">mosquitoes<\/a>.","link":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/pest-control-mosquitoes\/","name":"Pest Control Mosquitoes","slug":"pest-control-mosquitoes","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}