PESTICIDE INFORMATION

Our mosquito control program is based on the principal of Integrated Vector Management (IVM). We use the least toxic materials available that will provide reliable control. They are selected to minimize risk to the public and the environment. All the materials and methods we use have been tested and registered by the state and Federal Environmental Protection Agencies for public health-related mosquito control. Listed below are links that provide more information regarding individual materials:

Larvacides:

• Surface Films: Golden Bear 1111; Agnique MMF

• Microbial Larvacides: Bti; Bacillus sphaericus

• Insect Growth Regulators: Methoprene

• Biological Control: Mosquitofish

Adulticides:

• Botanical (plant derived): Pyrethrins; Synthetic Pyrethroids

• Organophosphates: Malathion, Dibrom (Naled)