Pest Organisms / Yellow Fever Mosquito
Treatment
Build the program around larval source reduction: inventory and empty or eliminate every water-holding container on the property, since this mosquito breeds in domestic containers and travels only a short way. Source: https://extension.msstate.edu/publications/pest-snapshot-yellow-fever-mosquito-aedes-aegypti Source: https://vectorbio.rutgers.edu/outreach/species/sp5.htm
Where water cannot be removed, treat it with a *Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis* (Bti) larvicide, sold in homeowner formulations such as floating dunks; it targets mosquito larvae specifically and spares people, other animals, and plants. Source: https://ipm.ucanr.edu/home-and-landscape/mosquitoes/ Source: https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/in1045
Reserve contact adulticides for targeted harborage near homes as a supplement, not a replacement, and pair every treatment with screen repair, repellent guidance, and container removal. Source: https://extension.msstate.edu/publications/pest-snapshot-yellow-fever-mosquito-aedes-aegypti Source: https://ipm.ucanr.edu/home-and-landscape/mosquitoes/