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Mosquito.buzz Blog

Stay outside all Summer long with expert tips to avoid mosquitoes and ticks.

Mosquito Control For Your Outdoor Wedding

5 Min

Protect your wedding guests from pesky mosquitoes with our outdoor wedding tips and get hitched without the itch.

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Topics: Mosquito-borne Infections, Mosquito Bite Prevention, Wedding

Protect Your Campers From Ticks and Mosquitoes

3 Min

Camp is coming back, but so are the mosquitoes and ticks!

Let's face it; camps and camp grounds are notorious for all sorts of creatures, especially mosquitoes and ticks. That's part what makes it camp after all! 

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Topics: Mosquito-borne Infections, Tick Control, mosquito.buzz, Summer Camp

Mosquito Control Awareness Week FAQ's

3 Min

Mosquito Control Awareness Week in North America is one of our favourite weeks of the season. With our Canadian summer now in full swing, it's important to learn about controlling mosquito populations around your property, as well as the diseases that mosquitoes can spread if not monitored properly. 

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Topics: Mosquitoes 101, Mosquito-borne Infections, Mosquito Bite Prevention, mosquito.buzz

Keep Your Backyard Mosquito-Free With The 3 D's.

3 Min

We all want to avoid mosquito bites in our own backyards, but how many of us actually take the proper precautions when push comes to shove? Apart from just blasting your skin with a repellent when you’re spending time outside, there’s a lot of simple things you can do to avoid getting bitten by mosquitoes this season. Preparation is key, if you will. 

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Topics: Mosquitoes 101, Mosquito-borne Infections, Mosquito Bite Prevention, mosquito.buzz

Learn About West Nile Virus

4 Min

 

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Topics: Mosquito-borne Infections, Mosquito Bite Prevention

What Are The Different Types of Mosquitoes?

4 Min

There are literally thousands of different species of mosquitoes. They're here, they're there - they're everywhere. While the biggest culprits feed on our blood and spread horrible diseases, some of them prefer feeding on other animals, and some rarer varieties don't feed on blood at all. 

Here we break down the most common genus of mosquitoes.

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Topics: Mosquitoes 101, Mosquito-borne Infections

Mosquitoes That Could Carry Zika Found in Ontario

2 Min

Although it has been widely suggested that Canada will not see local transmission of the Zika virus (due to the lack of Aedes mosquito species), four potentially Zika-carrying mosquitoes have been found in a mosquito trap in Windsor, Ontario last month.

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Topics: Mosquito-borne Infections

How To Protect Pets From Mosquito Bites

4 Min

 

Even though our furry friends may have a full coat of hair to cover them, they're still at risk of mosquito bites, particularly around the ears and nose. Mosquitoes aren't overly fussy when they're looking for a blood meal, and pets find themselves in a range of situations, just like us. From an irritating yet harmless itch, to a serious, harmful health concern, you just never know what might happen when it comes to mosquito bites.

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Topics: Mosquito-borne Infections, Mosquito Bite Prevention

Zika Update: The Florida Outbreak & Current Status of Zika in Canada

2 Min

This month, Florida has begun to see an alarming number of homegrown cases of Zika; that is, non-travel related cases, which were the biggest worry some months ago. So far, Florida is the only US state to have local transmission of the virus.

As of August 24, there are now 43 local cases of Zika infection, with outbreaks occuring in Miami and Miami Beach. The number of travel-related cases in Florida is 523, and 70 of whom are pregnant.

With Florida's warm, humid climate, it's the ideal location for Aedes mosquitoes to thrive and spread the virus. But with so many locally transmitted cases appearing in such a short time, the Department of Health in Florida are understandably worried.

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Topics: Mosquito-borne Infections

AMCA Release New Zika Fact Sheet

1 Min

The American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA) have just released their latest fact sheet, this time covering the Zika Virus.

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Topics: Mosquito-borne Infections, Mosquito Bite Prevention