A barrier treatment is a professional application of EPA-registered product to the vegetation, ground cover, and shaded surfaces around your property where mosquitoes rest during the day. When mosquitoes land on treated surfaces, they're knocked down on contact.
You might have heard the term “barrier treatment” in passing before. It sounds like an invisible wall around your property that prevents mosquitoes from passing through. That’s not quite how it works, but the basic idea isn’t far off from the truth. The treatment turns the resting areas in your yard into zones that mosquitoes can't easily survive in.
Mosquitoes spend most of their time resting during the hot and dry parts of the day rather than flying. This is why, when visiting, a trained technician will walk your property with a backpack sprayer. They will apply the product to places where mosquitoes rest. That includes all the usual places they go to get away from the heat and dryness that put them at risk, such as the undersides of leaves on shrubs and trees, dense ground cover, the shaded perimeter along fence lines, under decks, and around other structures where shade is present and moisture tends to collect.
The product binds to the surface where it is applied once it dries. Typically, this takes about 30 minutes. After that, it stays in place through normal weather for up to 21 days at a time. As mosquitoes return to their usual resting spots, they contact treated surfaces and are knocked down. Over the course of a few days, the mosquito population in the treated area drops significantly—as much as 90%.
Rather than acting like a force field, the barrier treatment works because it is applied consistently throughout the yard. Mosquitoes fly in from nearby areas, stop to rest, and then touch treated surfaces. It’s simple and it works.
If you're interested in barrier treatment for your Leominster property, Mosquito Squad of Leominster can help. Mosquito Squad provides barrier treatments with regular technician visits every 21 days to maintain mosquito suppression from spring through fall.
