Alexander offers Mosquito Reduction Service to reduce mosquito populations in your yard, in the areas you select. Reducing mosquito populations will help keep your yard comfortable all summer long and can also help protect you and your family from diseases spread by mosquitoes, such as West Nile Virus. Treatment can substantially reduce mosquito populations in your yard, even if you live in close proximity to other neighbors who do not have mosquito treatments performed.

Our services are usually performed on a monthly basis, during the warm weather months - generally April through October. You may select service for any number of months, even on an "as needed" basis. Regular treatments at monthly intervals are recommended to continually keep mosquito populations at an acceptable level.

Our services include inspecting the area, identifying the pest problem, selecting appropriate control methods, applying pesticides judiciously, and then evaluating the effectiveness. We may also suggest things you can do, such as removing items that can hold water and breed mosquitoes.

Our treatments usually consist of treating both adult mosquitoes on plants, shrubs, and other vegetation and treating larvae in standing water areas. Each treatment is expected to keep mosquito populations down for approximately 28 days, depending on weather conditions in the days and weeks after treatment.

Our treatments are performed by trained technicians. We do not sell misting systems.

Service for kudzu bugs and boxelder bugs is provided as a component of our mosquito reduction service. These annoying pests are usually seen congregating on the sunlit side of buildings, where they have moved from vegetation around your property as they seek a warmer location. Service involves treating the plants, shrubs, and other vegetation, like a mosquito treatment, as well as treating the building itself. Kudzu and boxelder bug treatment is provided as either an add-on to a regular mosquito treatment or as a separate service. Customers who only need treatment for kudzu bugs or boxelder bugs will experience mosquito reduction as an added benefit.

We stand behind our services. If you do not notice a significant reduction in mosquitoes that lasts at least two weeks, we will return and retreat at not additional cost.

We use an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach in our mosquito reduction services. IPM means more than just applying pesticides. IPM involves several steps targeted at your specific problems. IPM also focuses on removing the three key elements pests need to survive: food, water and shelter. Making your yard a less desirable destination for mosquitoes will help to reduce mosquito populations. This provides you with a longer-term solution in the least intrusive manner possible.

Reducing mosquito populations can reduce your risk of contracting diseases transmitted by mosquitoes, but they do not eliminate this risk. Our treatments reduce mosquito populations, but we do not eliminate mosquitoes, and we do not guaranty that you will not be bitten by mosquitoes or contract a disease from mosquitoes. You should still take precautions to protect yourself from mosquitoes and mosquito bites. For example see the CDC West Nile Virus Fact sheet available at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/wnv_factsheet.htm