Control
Many methods are used for mosquito control. Depending on the situation, the most important usually include:
- source reduction (e.g., removing stagnant water)
- biocontrol (e.g. importing natural predators such as dragonflies)
- trapping, and/or insecticides to kill larvae or adults
- exclusion (mosquito nets and window screening)
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Famous quotes containing the word control:
“The mind is the greatest of all human forces. Control the mind and you control the body.”
—Griffin Jay, Randall Faye, and Lew Landers. Armand Tesla (Bela Lugosi)
“Men who have been raised violently have every reason to believe it is appropriate for them to control others through violence; they feel no compunction over being violent to women, children, and one another.”
—Frank Pittman (20th century)
“I am the center of the world, but the control panel seems to be somewhere else.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)