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Mosquito Control for PMPs

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IPM Experience House provides regular classroom and hands-on training courses for persons in the pest control industry.  This class provides essential information for pest control technicians providing mosquito control services to the public. Topics to be covered include: an introduction to mosquitoes and the diseases they transmit; the role and tools of surveillance; how to conduct a backyard mosquito inspection, and general methods of mosquito control.  In addition, we will use microscopes to look at different mosquito life stages and species.  Hands-on demonstrations will be conducted with various sprayers and applicators.

Registration is open until the day of the class; however, class size is limited to 21, so register early.  Lunch is provided.

Instructors:

  • Mike Merchant
  • Sonja Swiger
  • Israel Garza
  • Scott Sawlis

CEUs: 7 hours verified training in Pest Category

Mosquito class offered for first time

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Keith Haas demonstrates use of a handheld ULV applicator to the class.

For which important urban insect pest did 70% of pest control companies get more calls last year? For which pest are 88% of pest management professionals (PMPs) confident that control options are better than they were five years ago?  For what pest do nearly 2/3 of companies have callback rates of 4% or less?

According to a 2017 report by MGK® Co., the repeated answer is “mosquitoes”. It appears that pest control customers increasingly want to fight pesky mosquitoes in their backyards, and are willing to pay for it.

Ultimately, this increased interest in mosquitoes is what brought 15 interested PMPs to the “Practical Mosquito Control” course last week at IPM Experience House. [Read more…] about Mosquito class offered for first time