Climate change has extended the mosquito season in some areas, and that’s factoring into surging demand for professional yard spraying. But there’s a potential downside to yard-wide treatments.
They are the bane of summertime existence: Mosquitoes, eager to bite anytime. Not only are they an itchy nuisance — they carry diseases.
Climate change has extended the mosquito season in some areas, and that’s factoring into surging demand for professional yard spraying.According to the journal Biological Conservation, more than 40% of insect species worldwide are threatened with extinction. That includes pollinator bees and butterflies.
There’s also been a decrease of predators. Three billion North American birds have been lost in recent decades, mostly consisting of insect eaters. "One of our dogs likes to eat wood chips from the landscaping," said Marty Marino, who is trying natural mosquito repellents."I haven't figured out how to stop that yet, but if he's going to do that and there's the synthetic insecticide on it, that's a great concern."