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Mosquito Identification and Management

Understand mosquito habitat and identify strategies to reduce the risk of mosquito bites.

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  1. Safer Spaces Series
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    Safer Spaces Series
    One way to prevent tick and mosquito bites is by reducing the number of these vectors on your property. This series covers what integrated vector management is and how it can be used to control ticks and mosquitoes
  2. Protect Your Home: Pollinator-conscious Mosquito Management
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    Protect Your Home: Pollinator-conscious Mosquito Management
    By Erika Machtinger, Jamie Kopco, Ph.D. BCE, Amy Korman
    Two-sided educational rack card to address mosquito and pollinator issues in Eastern Pennsylvania.
  3. Know Your Vector: Mosquito Life Cycle
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    Know Your Vector: Mosquito Life Cycle
    By Erika Machtinger, Karen Poh
    Length 4:30
    By understanding the life cycle of mosquitoes, we can apply mosquito control tactics at different life stages of the mosquito.
  4. Culex pipiens - the most common mosquito in Pennsylvania. Stechmücke (Culex pipiens) by vobebis is marked with CC0 1.0.
    Articles
    Watershed Friendly Mosquito Control
    By Beth Yount
    Routine spraying of individual lawns with non-selective insecticides to reduce mosquito populations can easily enter waterways, harming non-target organisms.
  5. Mosquitoes
    Articles
    Mosquitoes
    Pennsylvania has about 60 species of mosquito. The risk of contracting a mosquito-borne disease has recently increased with the introduction of West Nile virus.
  6. Culex pipiens, the common house mosquito. Photo Credit: Ary Farajollahi, Bugwood.org
    Articles
    West Nile Encephalitis: What You Need to Know
    By Sharon I Gripp, Jamie Kopco, Ph.D. BCE, Steve Jacobs, Winand Hock, Ph.D., Amy Korman
    Basic information that features a number of in-depth questions and answers regarding West Nile virus, including what it is, where it originated, the basic transmission cycle, and more.
  7. Tick and Mosquito Repellent Guide
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    Tick and Mosquito Repellent Guide
    This article provides information about EPA-registered products and a few unregistered products that can be used to repel ticks and mosquitoes.
  8. Using Insect and Tick Repellents Safely
    Articles
    Using Insect and Tick Repellents Safely
    By Jamie Kopco, Ph.D. BCE, Sharon I Gripp, Amy Korman
    Repellents are chemicals applied to provide relief and protection from mosquitoes, ticks, and other biting pests. Proper and safe use of these chemicals is necessary.
  9. Reducing Mosquito Breeding Sites When Using Tires as Anchors for Silo Covers
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    Reducing Mosquito Breeding Sites When Using Tires as Anchors for Silo Covers
    By Steve Jacobs, Jud Heinrichs, James Warren Garthe
    Methods for reducing mosquito population around bunk silos and alternatives to using full-casing tires.
  10. Mosquito Biology and Control
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    Mosquito Biology and Control
    By Sharon I Gripp, Charlie Pitts, Ph.D., Winand Hock, Ph.D.
    Read about the biology and habitat of mosquitoes, strategies for eliminating breeding sites and reducing mosquito bites, and the safe use of insect repellents.