Mosquito Squad Blog

As demonstrated in the earlier post “How A Bill Becomes Law,” the first stop in the bill process is the subcommittee meeting. At the subcommittee meeting, the residing Delegates decide whether the bill should be moved forward to be heard by the entire committee, tabled until next session, or killed. So before the [...]

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It’s been a wonderful year for Mosquito Squad, and we hope that 2009 brought you happiness and joy.  We want to take a moment to thank all of you for your continued interest in our Company, our services, and, of course, our blog.  Thank you for all of your contributions to our success and growth.  [...]

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1st annual 5k for Lyme Disease!
Come Visit the Mosquito Squad Booth on May 16th for the  first Annual 5K run for Lyme Disease.  Mosquito Squad of Greater DC is also looking for Participants to spons0r at this year’s event, if you are interested please email us at dc@mosquitosquad.com, and if selected we will give you a shirt [...]

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Did you see the USA Today article entitled “Just one tick away from Lyme disease as U.S. cases increase” by Anita Manning dated April 21, 2009?  The article mentions that Lyme disease is now the most common tick-borne infection in the USA, with 27,444 cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2007, [...]

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World Malaria Day is tomorrow, Saturday April 25th.  The Roll Back Malaria Organization declares that this is a day of unified commemoration of the global effort to provide effective control of malaria around the world.
As you probably already know, Malaria is a vector borne disease that is spread through infected mosquitoes. What you may not [...]

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Today I am working on creating a brochure about Lyme Disease to help bring about awareness of this dreadful disease.  It simply amazes me that more attention isn’t given to this subject.  Each day I speak with customers and potential clients  about our services and in the course of conversation I hear from them numerous reports of  [...]

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We here at the Mosquito Blog like to give honorable mention to blogs and bloggers who talk up Mosquito Squad’s  services.  Today I would like to direct your attention to The Wedding Dish Blog by Christine Boulton from ”Think Like A Bride”  in Nashville, TN. 
 Christine writes the following bio on her blog:
“I have been involved in the wedding industry [...]

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The black-legged tick nymphs that have caused Lyme disease reports in the Washington region to soar will emerge with the spring flowers this month, and one thing is certain: They are hungry…

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Here are some Fun Mosquito Facts¹ 

Mosquito is Spanish for “Little Fly”.

Only female mosquitoes bite – they require protein to produce eggs.

Mosquitoes inject an anti-coagulant with their saliva, which causes the bite area to itch.

Mosquitoes are known from as far back as the Triassic Period – 400 million years ago. They are known from North America from [...]

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