It should be a top priority to provide your home and family in Billerica with the best mosquito protection available.  At-home Billerica mosquito control is essential to the health of your whole family, including your pets.

Mosquitoes aren’t just annoying and their bites aren’t just an itchy inconvenience — they can also carry some serious diseases, such as West Nile Virus and the rare, and potentially fatal Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), of which Massachusetts unfortunately has the distinction of having the highest number of cases in the country. Billerica Wicked Local reported last year that West Nile was found in local mosquitoes, and while the Town of Billerica has a “Public Health Nurse” section of their website, what’s there is just a link to a bunch of downloadable PDFs. Not very helpful.

 

While it is true that Billerica is technically included in the service area of the Central Massachusetts Mosquito Control Project (CMMCP), there is very little assurance that a municipal program will protect your family and property from mosquitoes. This, and other government mosquito control programs, is concerned with public areas like marshes, other bodies of water, and general open spaces — not private properties. The trucks that do fogging in the streets may help with your front yard and driveway, but this treatment rarely (if ever) reaches your backyard.

To rely solely on the CMMCP program is simply not going to help you enjoy your backyard for time with family or entertaining friends. But that’s why a reputable Billerica mosquito control company is a must — it’s their mission to eliminate mosquitoes not in the streets, but in your yard.

Billerica mosquito control treatment that lasts

The chemicals that the CMMCP uses kill adult mosquitoes on contact, which is called “adulticide.” That may seem like a good thing, but consider this: If you have just ONE female mosquito in an area that wasn’t hit by the fog (such as your backyard), it will lay about 300 eggs in one batch. In four weeks’ time, this will multiply to over 1.3 billion mosquitoes.

A professional mosquito barrier spray is the best way to go about eliminating mosquitoes on your property. Treating the perimeter of your yard with a specially developed, time-released formula creates a protective barrier or “fence” against mosquitoes that adheres to foliage. This both eliminates the insects on contact and continues to protect your yard for three solid weeks. This will eliminate the mosquito population on your property by up to 90%. In that three weeks, the municipal mosquito control fogging trucks will need to be deployed multiple times, as their treatment is not time released.

Here’s how it works:

Highly-trained mosquito control technicians will come out to your property and inspect it first, treating any standing water pools and any other potential mosquito breeding sites with larvicide to eliminate any existing larvae and prevent future larvae. Then they will treat the perimeter of your yard with an odorless barrier treatment, working inward. They will take extra care to avoid flowers and other blooming plants that bees like to pollinate, but will definitely cover all other surfaces, including foliage, bushes, trees, and the underside of leaves. They also treat other surfaces where they like to be, such as woodpiles, under decks and on porches, patios, and more.

An EPA-registered formula only takes 30 minutes to dry, at which time your family and pets can return to your yard. When it is dry, it is now adhering to all the surfaces it was applied to, and for three weeks after initial distribution, any new mosquitoes or other biting insects that come into contact with it will also be eliminated by up to 90%. There’s no need to even worry about remembering to call your mosquito control professionals for reapplication of a barrier treatment, because they offer seasonal barrier treatment plans so you can enjoy summers in your yard and leave the bugs up to us.

Keeping your special events the way they’re supposed to be remembered — special

If you’re having an outdoor wedding, bar or bat mitzvah, family reunion, or other special event, make sure that your guests aren’t on the mosquito menu. Reputable mosquito control companies offer a special event service. They’ll schedule to come out a day or two in advance to treat the site of the occasion with a traditional barrier mosquito spray, ensuring a bug-free bash. It can be quickly administered, and it dries in 30 minutes, so it’s easy to schedule around caterers and other event setup. Your mosquito control technician can be there and gone before you know it, and you can get back to focusing on your party prep.

For the ultimate Billerica mosquito control, consider a misting system

If you live near a woodsy area, a marshy area, have horses, waterfront property, or just want more control over the mosquitoes in your yard, I highly recommend one an automatic misting system for the ultimate in Billerica mosquito control. These systems are easily installed by professional technicians to blend in with your landscaping, then programmed to go off at designated times for 30 seconds, or at your command with the included remote control app. This mosquito elimination tactic ensures over 90% mosquito reduction and puts the mosquito control power in your hands. Best of all, your mosquito control company takes care of the installation, the refills, maintenance, and summer setup and winterization. No need to lift a finger when it comes to automatic misting systems — unless you want to push the button.

Looking for an all-natural mosquito control alternative?

Ask your preferred Billerica mosquito control company about all-natural mosquito control solutions. All professional mosquito control products are EPAregistered, but I know there are some people who prefer to go the all-natural route and be as “green” as possible. Which is mosquito control companies offer all-natural barrier treatment solutions, designed and developed with natural oils. It’s more of a repellant than eliminator, essentially “chasing” the bugs out of your yard. Most customers notice a significant reduction of yard pests up to 75%. Also a time-released solution, I recommend reapplication of any all-natural formula every two weeks, as opposed to the three that a traditional treatment would need.

To keep your Billerica home and family safe from the threat of mosquito-borne illnesses, choose a trusted mosquito control company for all your needs – regular treatments, misting systems, special event sprays, and even all-natural mosquito control solutions.