Monroe County Vector Control Archives - All Mountain Pest Control, LLC

March 13, 2016November 11, 2020

Pocono Mosquito Ecology

Mosquito Life Cycle

Mosquitoes are totally dependent on water for the first portion of their lives. Without water, they cannot reproduce. Any container that holds rainwater can continuously breed generation after generation all season. This makes control round the house relatively easy.

Controlling the mosquitoes that are coming from surrounding properties – and wetlands – is harder, employing different strategies.

More than nuisance

Mosquitoes have killed more humans throughout history than all wars combined. Although public health measures have drastically reduced the numbers, more than 700,000 people per year die from mosquito-borne diseases, primarily malaria. Today in the United States, thousands are sickened and hundreds die from mosquito-borne diseases every year. Most cases could be prevented with basic knowledge and minimal effort.

For an interesting article on the subject, check out a recent post on Yahoo:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bug-deadlier-humans-costly-killer-195100656.html

May 26, 2015November 11, 2020

Pocono Tick Control – Commercial Accounts

The West End Fair Association contracted for mosquito control services for the summer of 2014, leading up to the annual West End Fair, being held August 25th through August 30th in Gilbert, PA.

West End Fair www.thewestendfair.com

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Monroe County Correctional Facility contracted tick control services in July to protect the inmates within the recreation yard and the correctional officers who guard the perimeter.

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Out On A The Limb Tree Service subcontracted Pocono tick control for right-of-way herbicide treatments on several Pennsylvania highways.

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Pocono tick control perform pest control services for Local Realtors for Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae contracts. Services include:

Ants
Bees
Wasps and hornets
Roaches
Mice

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Known for its breathtaking setting, brick-oven pizzas, and award-winning wines, Cherry Valley Vineyards is located at the base of the Blue Mountain in beautiful Cherry Valley. The Sorrenti Family and their guests enjoy the grounds in comfort because Pocono tick control has been providing tick control since 2013.

www.cherryvalleyvineyards.com

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Pocono tick control was recently contracted by Stroud Township to control the algae and pond weeds in the ponds at two of the municipal parks.

www.township.stroud.pa.us/parks.htm

www.srosrc.org/parks.php

May 26, 2015November 11, 2020

Pocono Tick Control Services

Pocono tick control does spring and fall tick control services, using registered pesticides that are safe for you and your pets, but deadly to ticks. Pocono tick control also control fleas and many other lawn insects. Although not labeled for mosquito control, our customers have reported that our tick treatments have given them control of mosquitoes as well.

Because of the life cycle of ticks and the long-lasting properties of the products we use, only two applications per year are needed.

Like the permethrin product that you are using (or should be using) on your clothing to kill and repel biting insects, our product binds to the thatch of your lawn or the under-story of your woods. It continues to kill the ticks and fleas for up to three months. Because it is chemically bound to the thatch, it does not wash off in rain, or come off on you or your pets, making it safe for everything except the “bugs.”

If you are interested in organic control measures, Pocono tick control offers services with products that are made from thyme oil, eugenol, wintergreen, and diatomaceous earth. These products must be applied more frequently because they do not provide the residual of the other products.

May 26, 2015November 11, 2020

Public Speaking

Jacquelyn Hakim, MS, MPH, has been in the vector control/public health arena for four decades. Her expertise and knowledge of ticks, mosquitoes, and other vector organisms have made her a popular speaker at various public health organizations across the United States.

The locations of some of her presentations include:

A Hope For Lyme [Corning, NY]
American Public Health Association [Philadelphia]
Central Atlantic States Association of Food and Drug Officials
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
East Stroudsburg University
International Conference on Diseases in Nature Communicable to Man [San Antonio]
National Environmental Health Association [Reno, Anchorage, Atlanta, and Providence]
New Mexico Environmental Health Association [Las Cruces]
Pennsylvania Christmas Tree Growers Association
Penn State University
Pennsylvania Vector Control Association
Society of Public Health Educators [Albuquerque]
Time for Lyme – Bucknell University
Virginia Christmas Tree Growers Association

Some of the topics of the presentations include:

Prevention of Lyme disease
Tick-borne diseases of Northeastern Pennsylvania
Gypsy Moth Biology and Control
Mosquito Surveillance and Control for West Nile Virus
Human Rabies Exposure from a Feral Cat
Tick Assessment for Disease Prevention
Tick Biology and Control

Please feel free to contact us to arrange for public speaking and consulting.

JACQUI.HAKIM@GMAIL.COM

570-801-5372

May 20, 2015November 17, 2015

Pocono Tick Control – Mosquito Control

Pocono Mosquito Control

With over 50 years’ combined experience, when it comes to Pocono mosquito control, Pocono mosquito control are the expects! If mosquitoes are breeding on your property, Pocono mosquito control will find them and eliminate them.

Pocono mosquito control is trained, experienced, licensed and insured to provide you with professional Pocono mosquito control. Preventing mosquito breeding – “larviciding” – is the most effective method of reducing mosquitoes; barrier treatments help to keep your property free of biting mosquitoes that are coming from nearby properties.

Why take a chance when West Nile virus and other mosquito-borne diseases have been identified locally? Call today for a free estimate.

Call or text us at 570-807-6447 or 570-801-5372

May 20, 2015November 17, 2015

Pocono Tick Control Services

Bald-faced hornets

Bald-faced hornets are one of the most dangerous insects found around the home. Their nests are football-shaped and came become quite large, holding up to 700 individuals. Easily aroused, they will chase and sting anyone who comes near their nest. Pocono tick control will provide prompt professional services to kill and remove the nests.

Wasps

Polistes wasps are some of the most common but least dangerous of the wasps. Their nest is an uncovered paper comb, about the size of your palm. If left alone, they are unlikely to sting, but if you have one and want it removed, give Pocono tick control a call.

Carpenter bees

Carpenter bees cause those perfectly-round holes in the wood around the outside of your home. Although they resemble bumblebees, they are not social insects. As solitary insects, these bees do not live in colonies, but rather create a home for their eggs in a tunnel that they excavate into unpainted wood. Males cannot sting but females will when provoked.

Although single bees do very little damage to wood, multiple generations over many years can cause structural damage. An early spring treatment will take care of them for the year.

Roaches

German cockroaches are the most common indoor roaches in the Poconos. They are prolific breeders, very adaptable to human habitation, and small enough to hide easily, making them serious pests.

Pocono tick control has state-of-the-art products that control them without sprays or danger to humans or pets.

Fleas

If your have a problem with fleas after flea-bombing your house and treating your pets, you might have an outdoor infestation.

Pocono tick control products do an awesome job on fleas in your lawn. Call Pocono tick control today.

May 20, 2015November 11, 2020

Pocono Tick Aquatic Weed Control

Aquatic Weed Control

Weed and algae control from spring to fall
The products are safe for kids, pets, fish and the environment
Seasonal or “per application” contracts
Control measures for ponds and lakes of all sizes
Consultation on other problems — like geese, aeration options, pH
Licensed and insured

Before and After photos of some of our accounts:

April 18, 2014November 11, 2020

Monroe County’s Private Practice Vector Control

Monroe County’s NEW Vector Control

Pocono Tick Control

Welcome to Pocono Tick Control. Welcome to the newest concept in public health environmental control measures in Northeastern Pennsylvania.

Following the drastic cutbacks to Monroe County’s Department of Vector Control, we Tick Chicks have filled the gap. Not only are we licensed and insured, but we have decades of field and laboratory experience in the very issues that are troubling you.

No one is better suited to help you with your tick & insect identifications and control measures.

Remember that Northeastern Pennsylvania is home to at least six (6) tick-borne diseases; diseases that can make you, your family, and your pets sick. Lyme disease and the others can be prevented!

Please contact us for more information. The Tick Chicks want to hear from you.

570-807-6447

570-801-5372

August 24, 2013November 11, 2020

Pocono Tick Control Services

Pocono Tick Control is essential to control the tick and skeeter population.

Pocono Tick Control offer spring and fall tick control services, using registered pesticides that are safe for you and your pets, but deadly to ticks. Pocono tick control also control fleas and many other lawn insects. Although not labeled for mosquito control, Pocono tick control customers have reported that tick treatments have given them continuous control of mosquitoes as well.

Because of the life cycle of ticks and the long-lasting properties of the products we use, only two applications per year are needed.

If you are only interested in organic control measures, we offer our services with products that are made from thyme oil, eugenol, wintergreen, and diatomaceous earth. These products must be applied more frequently because they are quick-kill and do not provide the residual of the other products.