Pest profile
Disease-carrying biters that ruin UP summers. Our seasonal barrier program reclaims your yard.
Did you know?
Mosquitoes don't just ruin short UP summers; they carry serious disease. Only the female bites, using your carbon dioxide, body heat, and scent to find you.
A tiny flying insect known for its diet of blood, with two sets of wings, one for flying and a pair of halteres for control. Only the female bites; males lack the mouthparts to pierce skin.
Females feed on blood to get the protein to lay eggs, and can lay them in as little as a cupful of standing water (they won't use moving water). Mosquitoes are weak flyers, even a fan keeps them off, and are most active at dawn and dusk. They find hosts by smell and heat, detecting the CO2 we exhale and our sweat, and are drawn to some people more than others.
Itchy bites, whining around your ears at dusk, and clouds of them in shaded, humid corners of the yard.
Mosquitoes can transmit West Nile virus, Zika, Eastern and Western equine encephalitis, and La Crosse virus, plus canine heartworm in dogs (and malaria and dengue for travelers).
Keep them out
Eliminate standing water around your property
Keep pond and fountain water moving
Cover up during peak dawn and dusk hours
Have a professional inspect your yard for breeding and resting sites
Call now or request your free quote, and a local Lady Killers technician will respond within 24 hours.