A technician walks your property, treats the foliage and perimeter areas where mosquitoes rest, and addresses standing water that breeds them. A typical visit takes around 30 to 60 minutes, and the treated surfaces are dry within an hour.
Booking a service for the first time always comes with a little uncertainty. You may wonder who is going to come by and what you can expect to happen during the visit.
When you book mosquito control, the technician will arrive. They’ll do a quick walk of your property first. What they’re looking for are the places where mosquitoes tend to rest like shaded beds, dense shrubs on the property line, low tree canopy, tall grass, and water collecting in places it should not. In Fairfield County, that often means checking around ornamental ponds and the low, wooded edges that back many properties here, where drainage tends to collect.
Once they figure out where treatment needs to be applied, then they apply the treatment. This is done with a backpack mister, and the technician coats the underside of foliage and the resting zones where adult mosquitoes wait out the day. The mist settles onto leaf surfaces and bonds there. That's the part that gives you the recurring reduction over the following weeks.
Technicians will be especially proactive about seeking out standing water, because it’s there that mosquitoes lay eggs. This is why a technician will treat or point out sources like clogged gutters, saucers under planters, sagging tarps, and birdbaths. Often the solution is as simple as dumping the water, and they’ll tell you what to keep an eye on.
Most people are at work or inside during the visit. You’ll want to keep your pets and kids inside while the application happens, and let them out only after treatment dries. This is usually about 30 minutes, but if it’s overcast and humid, it might take more like an hour.
If you’re curious about booking mosquito treatment for the first time, you can always reach out to Mosquito Squad of Greenwich for help. Mosquito Squad sends a trained technician on a recurring 21-day schedule to treat the resting and breeding areas across your property, helping protect your yard with up to 90% reduction in mosquito activity.
