Flying pests
This category includes mosquitoes, different flyspecies and wasps. Here is a brief summary of those 3 species:
Flies
Flies are well-travelled, cosmopolitan pests and areparticularly prevalent in farms and homes. Houseflies can transmit intestinal worms and arepotential vectors of diseases such as: • Dysentery • Gastroenteritis, • Typhoid • Cholera • Tuberculosis
They feed indiscriminately on any liquefiable solid food, which may equally be moist, putrefyingmaterial or food stored for human consumption. Flies have rapid, prolific breeding habits and high mobility. Control measures are aimed atbreaking the life-cycle by either controlling the larvae or the adults. Satisfactory hygiene is necessary to limit potential breeding sites and food sources. Domesticrefuse should be covered, farm manure should be kept dry as possible, and potential entry pointsscreened, sealed or covered. For best results, use insecticidal control measures coupled with good hygiene. These measuresinclude using larvicides in the manure and surface sprays, space sprays and insecticide baits tocontrol the adults.
Mosquitoes
Mosquitoes are pervasive insects. Depending on the species, they breed in all types of water fromheavily polluted to clean water and from small collections of water in tin cans to pools, ponds orstreams. In tropical climates they are major vectors of disease including: • Malaria