Capitalizing on Consumer Demand for Eco-Conscious Mosquito Solutions

Pest management professionals (PMPs) are facing a new challenge. Not just from mosquitoes, but from their customers — who are asking for more environmentally conscious mosquito solutions. As that demand grows, it's imperative that PMPs have access to, and knowledge of, solutions that can deliver effective mosquito control with minimal environmental impact to meet the needs of their customers.

Growing opportunity

There's no doubt about it: There's a growing need for environmentally responsible pest control products. In a 2025 survey for PCT Magazine, 82% of PMPs reported using natural products in residential buildings — an 11% increase from the year before.1 That demand will continue to rise as younger, more eco-conscious consumers gain more market power and start to shape industry trends. Millennials are moving into their peak earning and prime homeownership years and bringing their eco-conscious expectations with them. As a generation, they are more concerned with environmental impact. According to Forbes, 40% of millennials would opt for the most ethical pest control option.2

Keeping up with this demand is a challenge, but it's also an opportunity for new business.

Sensitive areas require precise protection

The rise in environmentally conscious consumers means broad-use chemical spray cannot be the only option professionals offer for effective mosquito control. According to PCT Magazine, 39% of PMPs and LCOs reported that drift is a growing concern at their service locations.3 For these consumers, sensitive areas like backyards where children and pets play require a more precise approach. To address these needs, it's imperative PMPs have access to effective control that minimizes environmental impact and doesn't use broad synthetic application.

To overcome these obstacles, Envu® has developed an eco-conscious pairing to meet this rising consumer need.

Barricor® Essential Mosquito Control

This botanical-based solution delivers immediate mosquito knockdown while staying safe for people, pets and pollinators. It's made from essential oils such as sesame, thyme, cinnamon and clove. Despite its gentle environmental profile, Barricor Essential Mosquito Control delivers strong performance — controlling Aedes and Culex species mosquitoes between four and 24 hours.*

Here's how Barricor Essential Mosquito Control supports customer expectations:

• Botanical-based mosquito control that’s safe for everything except mosquitoes.
• Delivers same-day mosquito knockdown with 100% mosquito mortality between four and 24 hours.*
• Ideal for targeting mosquitoes where they rest (shrubs, vegetation, shaded hideouts).
• Sets the industry standard for 25(b) mosquito-only products. No signal word or Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required, except when mandated by states.

The fast knockdown Barricor Essential Mosquito Control delivers makes it an effective tool for PMPs, and, when paired with the In2Care® Mosquito Station, it's part of an eco-conscious portfolio designed for sensitive areas.

The In2Care® Mosquito Station

This innovative tool turns mosquitoes into carriers of control — transforming them from part of the problem into part of the solution. It's a precise approach that targets mosquitoes only, without the need for broad application.

Here's how it works.

When a female mosquito enters the station, an adulticide and a larvicide adhere to her body. From there, she carries the larvicide to breeding sites where she deposits her eggs as well as an effective amount of larvicide. Both the mosquito and her offspring's lifespan shorten — and the offspring of other mosquitoes that laid eggs there never develop into biting adults. This 24/7 auto-dissemination helps PMPs control hidden and hard-to-reach breeding sites without the use of broad synthetic application.

With just two to three stations per typical yard, technicians can create a continuous barrier of biorational mosquito control.

Here's how it delivers on customer expectations:

• Multigenerational control of container-breeding adult female mosquitoes and their larvae. The In2Care Mosquito Station kills 100% of all eggs laid in the station.
• Its always-on auto-dissemination means mosquitoes are the carriers of their own control products.
• No broad synthetic spray. Can be used in areas where children and pets play when used as directed.
• No concern for drift into neighboring yards.
• In2Care is federally approved and registered in all continental U.S. states.

An eco-conscious pairing

As the need for environmentally conscious forms of control rises, Envu is helping PMPs meet the needs of consumers with an approach that's designed for sensitive areas and trusted around pets and people. Together, Barricor Essential Mosquito Control and the In2Care Mosquito Station make up a synergistic pairing that delivers maximum control with minimal environmental impact.

See how Envu is developing solutions that provide effective protection and customer peace of mind at us.envu.com/professional-pest-management/mosquito-control

1 PCT Magazine. Gravitating Toward Green. https://www.pctonline.com/article/gravitating-toward-green/

2 Forbes. Pest Control Sentiment Survey Shows Millennials Opting For Kinder Methods of Pest Control. https://www.forbes.com/home-improvement/pest-control/pest-control-sentiment-survey/

3 PCT Magazine. Tackling Insecticide Drift. https://www.pctonline.com/article/tackling-insecticide-drift/

*Four hours for Aedes and 24 hours for Culex, when used as directed.

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