Forty years ago, insecticides intended to kill adult flying mosquitoes were commonly mixed with diesel fuel and vaporized with heat, forming a thick fog. Not only was this fog a traffic hazard, but it had an unpleasant lingering odor and raised some environmental concerns. Today, instead of combining our insecticides with water or oils, they are sprayed out in ultra low volume (ULV) concentrations. Our spray trucks (and aircraft) apply a very fine mist of insecticide droplets so small that you could fit 100 of them on the head of a pin. By calibrating our equipment to release just the right size of droplet, we maximize the efficiency of each and every droplet to kill a mosquito rather than evaporate or be deposited on the ground. This allows us to use less pesticide, saving money and substantially reducing any impact on the environment.
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