These techniques are based on an understanding of the mosquito life cycle . By carefully targeting the mosquito at its most vulnerable stages, the IPM approach allows us to conduct the most cost-effective, environmentally sound program possible.
Mosquitoes require water to breed.
The female adult mosquito will lay eggs in wet locations, from ponds, swamps, marshes and tree stumps to abandoned swimming pools, buckets, dirty gutters and in tires. Any place where water collects, even temporarily, can breed mosquitoes. The egg will hatch into the larval aquatic stage when conditions become favorable for development. The larval stage varies most among the species and can last from a few days in some species, to several months, for species that over winter in the larval stage. After a brief pupal stage lasting 1-4 days, the adult mosquito will emerge from the water.