What is IPM ?

• Controlling Mosquitoes Around the House
• Products and Promotions That Have Limited Value for Mosquito Control
  • Federal Trade Commission takes company to task for false and misleading claims made by about their electronic mosquito device.
• Insect Repellent Products such as DEET - Insect repellents are products that are either used on the skin or on clothing to keep mosquitoes, ticks and other small pests away from humans and pets. While they do not kill the pests they do prevent the bites and annoyance associated with the insects. Repellents have a variety of active ingredients but DEET (N, N-Diethyl-meta Toluamide) is the most common ingredient which is available in many different products that are readily available in stores. Whenever repellents are used, however, read the label first and follow the directions exactly to provide the proper protection and to prevent over-exposure to the product. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provides a fact sheet on Using Insect Repellents Safely with more information about DEET and it's re-registration as a repellent (requires Acrobat Reader).

• General Surveillance The surveillance section presents several papers from the 1989 Symposium on Surveillance Techniques at the NJMCA Annual Meeting. Full citations are given at the top of each paper.
• Complaints: An Underrated Surveillance Parameter

Larval Surveillance

• Guidance For Larval Surveillance
• Seven Ways to a Successful Dipping Career

Adult Surveillance

• New Jersey Light Trap: An Old Standard For Most Mosquito Programs.
• New Jersey Mechanical Trap for Mosquito Surveys (1942 paper)
• CDC Trap As A Special Monitoring Tool
• Landing Rates and Bite Counts for Nuisance Control
• Resting Boxes

• Best Management Practices for Mosquito Control and Freshwater Wetlands Management
• Open Marsh Water Management

• Gambusia Use Recommendations
• Gambusia Effectiveness in New Jersey

• Insecticides Recommended for Mosquito Control in New Jersey
• NEW! - protocols for continued evaluation of Altosid XR briquets: Efficacy Trials, Catch Basins
• Chemical Control

Pesticide Information

• EPA's FAQ sheet on mosquito control
• EPA's Citizen's Guide to Pest Control and Pesticide Safety
• National Pesticide Information Center - 1-800-858-7378
  • West Nile Guide
• NJ Information Network for Pesticides & Alternative Strategies (NJinPAS)