For more information, read about treatment of mosquitoes with TalstarOneTM multi-insecticide.

Culex spp., Culiseta spp., Aedes spp., Ochleratatus spp., Anopheles spp., Psorophora spp., Coquillettidia spp.

Range: Mosquitoes are endemic throughout the United States.

Habitat: Mosquitoes are cosmopolitan insects, found in both urban and rural areas. Adults of some species remain within a few hundred feet of where they developed, whereas others might migrate up to 50 miles or more. They are divided into groups based upon where females prefer to lay eggs; preferences range from fresh to brackish water, in standing pools or areas prone to periodic flooding, in natural pools or in man-made containers. Eggs are laid on the water surface or in close proximity to the surface. Both larvae and pupae are aquatic.

Health risks: Mosquitoes may transmit disease while they blood-feed. This blood-meal is required for proper egg development by the female. Both sexes feed on nectar and plant juices. Additionally, mosquitoes are recognized as pests as a result of both their nuisance value and ability to transmit vector-borne diseases, such as malaria; West Nile, St. Louis, Eastern, Western, LaCross, and Cache Valley encephalitis; dengue, yellow fever and dog heartworm.

Management: TalstarOne^TM should be used as part of a mosquito-control program as an adulticide applied to areas where mosquitoes rest, such as foliage and under eaves. TalstarOne will leave a residual deposit on sprayed surfaces that will kill mosquitoes after landing for at least 3 weeks.

For more information, read about treatment of mosquitoes with TalstarOne^TM multi-insecticide.
Also see our Best Management Practices sheet for mosquitoes.