Is mosquito spraying safe for pets, kids, and bees?
Reasonably, yes, if the applicator follows the label. The biggest risks on a San Angelo property are drift onto flowering plants, which harms pollinators, and overspray into ponds, which harms fish. Ask the San Angelo provider what product they use, and request Bti-only larvicide near any water with fish.
How long does a mosquito treatment last?
Three to four weeks is typical. Larvicide in a pond or drain lasts about a month too, so San Angelo providers usually pair the two on the same visit. Misting systems and stations work continuously but need refills, and a one-time spray before an event in San Angelo fades on the same timeline.
Will mosquito treatment kill bees and butterflies?
It can, since residual pyrethroids do not pick their targets. A careful San Angelo applicator avoids blooming plants, vegetable gardens, and pollinator beds, and treats resting cover instead. Ask the provider directly, and tell them where the flowers and any hives are on your San Angelo lot.
What does a mosquito inspection involve?
A walk of the full San Angelo property looking for water: gutters, drains, containers, low spots, tree holes, and anything under a tarp. The inspector also notes resting cover like ivy and dense shrubs. You should get a list of sites to fix and a plan for the ones a San Angelo provider will treat.
What if the mosquitoes are coming from my neighbor's property?
You cannot treat their yard, but you can reduce what arrives. A barrier treatment on your side of the fence catches adults that fly over from a neighboring San Angelo lot. Larvicide on your own water, plus a call to San Angelo code enforcement about abandoned pools, covers the rest.
How often does mosquito treatment need to be redone?
Not often, by providers' own accounts. The same question comes up in San Angelo: A small number of callbacks is the industry norm: 56% of providers in Pest Management Professional (PMP) magazine's February 2025 survey said 1% to 4% of their 2024 mosquito treatments needed a return visit, a useful benchmark for homeowners, though it describes providers, not customers. If you are in San Angelo, use this as a starting point for questions rather than a prediction for your home.
How many homeowners do nothing about mosquitoes?
Fewer than you might expect. San Angelo is not an outlier on this point: most households do something, even if only a little: just 12% of U.S. homeowners in Mosquito Squad's provider-sponsored 2016 survey (TNS Global, sample undisclosed) said they had taken no yard precautions against mosquitoes. For a property in San Angelo, the next step is an inspection that identifies the source, not a guess based on national averages.