You can expect an up to 90% reduction in mosquito activity. You’ll most likely notice a difference within the first 24 hours, and the treatment will work for about three weeks before being reapplied.
Numbers like "up to 90%" deserve a little scrutiny. You might wonder: why 90% and not 100%? To answer that, it helps to know where this statistic comes from.
Professional mosquito treatments go directly on the shaded foliage, shrubs, and resting spots where mosquitoes wait out the daylight hours. Mosquitoes have to rest during the day. They don’t have a choice. They either rest in humid, shaded places or they dry out in the hot sun. Treating their shelter reaches most of the population where it lives and it works for a long time.
Any mosquitoes present during the initial treatment are knocked down immediately. After that, the residual barrier goes to work for weeks. The product bonds to your landscaping, downing any new mosquitoes the second they land.
A day or so after the first visit, most people can feel the difference from the porch. Then, around week three, the treatment starts to wear off. That’s when the next application takes place. This prevents the mosquitoes from rebuilding between treatments.
No mosquito treatment reaches 100% mosquito control. There are a few reasons for this. One is that Central New Jersey packs houses close together, so somebody's untreated birdbath two doors down keeps a trickle of newcomers flying in. Another is that a hard rain right after an application can shorten its window. Some mosquito hiding places might go unnoticed. And some mosquitoes just happen to avoid treated areas through nothing more than luck. That’s why it’s 90% and not 100%.
That said, a 90% reduction in mosquitoes is a huge win. That’s enough to make it possible to have dinner on the patio and to linger after dusk when the mosquitoes would have otherwise sent you indoors, scratching.
If you're curious what a 90% reduction in mosquitoes would feel like on your own patio, Mosquito Squad of Central New Jersey can help. Mosquito Squad applies EPA-registered barrier treatment to the places mosquitoes hide, helping protect your yard with up to 90% reduction in mosquito activity on a recurring 21-day cycle.
