Every borough, town, and city should have a webpage that discourages residents from subscribing to those frequent (every 2-3 week) insecticide applications from companies like Mosquito Shield, Mosquito Joe, and Mosquito Squad. As an example, here's the blurb from Media, Pennsylvania, the town next to me. #mosquito #mosquitoes #spraying #pollinators #insects #pesticides #government #mediapa #delco #pennsylvania #pyrethroids https://www.mediaborough.com/446/Mosquito-Spray-Drift

Grrr. Mosquito Shield just finished treating my neighbor's yard with pyrethroids, which means all sorts of innocent insects along our shared property line are now dead or twitching. Even watched the guy spray flowers. Wish we could ban this practice. #pesticide #insects #pollinators #pyrethroids #mosquitoes

RANT: Drives me nuts when pesticide companies and government agencies tell the public that their ultra-low volume (ULV) pesticide applications "target" mosquitoes, magically sparing other insects such as butterflies and fireflies. The reality is that the tiny droplets of pesticides are not laser-guided and thus will land on *all* the insects in an area. And the organophosphates and pyrethroids used in ULV sprays are broadly toxic to arthropods. Linked article is just one example of what actually happens. #pesticide #mosquitoes #pyrethroids #insects #butterflies #monarch #lepidoptera #pollinators https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19432072/

Article on ecological effects of spraying pyrethroids to control mosquitoes, with a focus on etofenprox use in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. I'm quoted. #mosquitoes #pollinators #WestNile #insects #disease #biodiversity #pesticides #nature #pyrethroids #pittsburgh #pennsylvania https://www.publicsource.org/mosquito-spraying-disease-west-nile-insects-ecosystem-environment-conservation-allegheny-county-pittsburgh/

Quick tip for Thermacell owners: replace the repellent cap after every use so that you don't lose fluid from evaporation. Refill cartridges (active ingredient: metofluthrin) are insanely expensive. Doing this will also remind you to turn the device off. #mosquitoes #pesticide #repellent #thermacell #pyrethroids

Today's New York Times has a short article on ways to kill mosquitoes without insecticides. E.g., set out "buckets of doom" that use mosquito-specific Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis. But please ignore the idiotic paragraph that suggests pesticide-spraying companies know how to minimize death of non-target arthropods. #mosquitoes #bacteria #insects #nature #pyrethroids #pesticides #chemicals https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/03/climate/ask-nyt-bug-control.html?unlocked_article_code=1.y00.ROoh.Brop6zsWNVoU&smid=url-share

Whenever I get ads from mosquito-spraying companies I'm amazed that they are not required by law to say what, exactly, is being applied (answer: pyrethroids). And there's no declaration of ingredients on website, either. #mosquitoes #pesticides #insecticides #pyrethroids

My neighbors have subscribed to one of those twice-a-month mosquito-spraying services for over a decade. But the guys always blast it over the fence, coating my nearby strawberries and likely killing small pollinators such as syrphid flies for weeks. I still can't believe this is legal. #pyrethroids #insecticide #chemical #pollinators #mosquitoes #insects #MosquitoShield #swarthmore

My neighbor just had her property fogged by Mosquito Shield, one of those outfits that uses gasoline-powered foggers to coat foliage with insecticides every few weeks. I can always smell it, which means that the chemicals have drifted into my yard and are now killing my insects. Makes my blood boil. Here's my post about pyrethroid sprays in case you can share with friends who are considering signing up for these services. #insects #insecticides #mosquitoes #mosquito #pyrethroids #chemical #pesticides #pollinators #nature
https://colinpurrington.com/2018/09/buzz-on-mosquito-sprays/