Why is adulticiding often called fogging?
Adulticides used to be applied with thermal applicators that released a smoke-insecticide mixture that looked like fog. While these applicators are still in limited use today, most adulticides are applied with truck or aircraft mounted equipment, using small amounts of insecticides mixed in a small amount of water or other carrier. The correct name for these applications is ultra low volume (ULV), but the term fogging is still commonly used. Are adulticides any better at killing mosquitoes than pesticides that attack larval mosquitoes (larvicides)? The use of mosquito larvicides generally is considered preferable to the use of adulticides for several reasons. • Use of mosquito larvicides prevents the appearance of the blood feeding adults. • Mosquito larvicides can provide up to a month of control, rather than the few hours provided by fogging with adulticides.
Adulticides used to be applied with thermal applicators that released a smoke-insecticide mixture that looked like fog. While these applicators are still in limited use today, most adulticides are applied with truck or aircraft mounted equipment, using small amounts of insecticides mixed in a small amount of water or other carrier. The correct name for these applications is ultra low volume (ULV), but the term fogging is still commonly used.
