Mosquito Prevention

Take back your yard!

 
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Single-day Events

Having friends and family over for the 4th of July? Family Reunion? Birthday Party? With a single treatment days before your weekend event your guests and you will be happy that the population of biting bugs is down.

 
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Season Long Protection

Every yard is different. Whether you’re on West Lake, in the trees, or downtown, keep the biting bugs away and take back your yard!

Monthly Applications

May-September

The application is made to areas where mosquitoes breed, feed, and live. With a thermal application once every 30 days we work directly with the customer to find and eliminate these insects

What to Expect

 

Investigation

We will come onto your property and look at all the areas where mosquitoes may live and breed to customize a plan for your yard or business.

Deploy

Our specialist will target the specific areas found in your yard that may have or hide mosquitoes through a direct targeted application technique, which typically lasts one month.

Service

To keep the bugs out. A consistent treatment every month will protect your yard all summer long. You will receive a call the day before we treat it every month.

Maintain

We will continue protecting your family or business for years to come. By starting treatment early in the year. Your protected all summer long!

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Lakeside Customers

Our goal is to protect the people of the area but also protect our Iowa Great Lakes. If your property is lakeside we maintain a 10 foot buffer zone between your property and the Lake.

Types of Mosquitoes in Iowa

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Culex Pipiens

Culex pipiens prefer still, polluted waters.  In the Harbor and canals are perfect breeding spots. They are attracted to light and can be found indoors which is where they got there common name of northern house mosquito.

West Nile virus

Western Equine Encephalitis

St. Louis Encephalitis.

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Aedes Vexan

The Aedes Vexan mosquito is similar to the Culex Pipiens but slightly larger. It is the most common mosquito in Iowa.  This mosquito lays eggs on the shore of lakes and rivers.  Eggs hatch once the water level rises and the mosquito only takes 7-10 days to development into adults.

Dog Heartworm

 Tahyna virus

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Culex Tarsalis

Culex Tarsalis although humans are not their first choice they do feed on humans, often in the evenings.  They lay there eggs in groups call "egg rafts' on the surface of the water.  Once laid it takes 7-14 days to develop the eggs into adults.

West Nile virus

Western Equine Encephalitis

St. Louis Encephalitis.