• Post reflective markers signifying which homes are designated as no spray zones.
• Employ variable flow technology to your existing spray equipment-stay on label rate for maximum efficacy, to save precious time and budget dollars.
• Rotate the active ingredient (change product classes), during the season or few years, to help avoid chemical resistance in areas inhabited by mosquitoes prone to this issue.
• After yearly fogger calibration has been preformed, use a locking nut to secure pump flow rate adjustment knob. For added security keep pump box locked at all times.
• Use today's technology to set up an automated text message notification system informing residents when fogging will occur in their neighborhood.
• To protect the few adulticides currently, apply organophosphates or natural pyrethrum by air and synthetic pyrethoids by ground.

Larviciding Tips:

• Spider webs in corners or around storm drains and catch basins are a good indicator that breeding may be occurring in the water below.
• Catch basins and storm drains can produce huge Culex numbers. Pre-treatment with Altosid XR Briquets or Ingots can reduce breeding for months.
• A quick, simple way to apply BTI at an effective rate is one granule per square foot - imagine a tile floor and one granule per square. For Altosid, one pellet per two square feet. Great for fresh water treatment sites and wood land pools.
• Suspend Altosid Briquets in a screen fabric or nylon stockings to prevent them from sinking into the mud or silt where they can become less effective.
• To calibrate a granular applicator, attach a nylon stocking to the outlet, catch the granules for a measured period of time, and weigh with a digital fish scale to determine application rate per time period.
• Inspectors can carry a quart spray bottle of Agnique MMF with them to treat small sources of larvae and pupae they find, rather than having to return to the site. To penetrate dense vegetation and maximize the amount of material that reaches the target site, use a heavy granular material such as Altosid XR-G, Aquabac 400G, or Agnique MMF G.
• Google earth, a free satellite imagery program, can be a very effective tool for finding and measuring potential breeding sites prior to onsite inspections. To download visit: http://earth.google.com
• To improve canopy penetration when using liquid larvicides, you can increase the dilution rate up to 10-fold to ensure more active ingredient reaches the water surface: if you are normally applying 1 qt of liquid Bti/acre in 10 gallons of water per acre, you can try to improve penetration by increase to 1 qt of Bti liquid in 100 gallons of water per acre.