
- Musca nebulo and Musca domestica are the most common house flies living as guests in our shelters.
- House flies are cosmopolitan in distribution and are most dangerous vectors of contagious diseases like typhoid, tuberculosis, cholera and dysentery.
- The life cycle of house flies last up to ten days in different stages viz., egg, larvae, pupa and finally adult.
- Effective fly control programme should include identification of breeding site, sanitation and proper waste disposal apart from population reduction.
- Flies can effectively be controlled by IPM (Integrated pest management) services offered by SIPC on daily basis.
IPM for Mosquitoes
- This is a comprehensive treatment comprising of sanitation, habitat disruption, chemical control and mechanical control.
- IPM treatment consists disinfestations spray on premises and breeding stations, fogging treatment, mechanical repellent treatments and entry restriction measurers.
- Treatment applied in all rooms and also in the breeding sources like drainage openings, channels, water stagnations, etc which are very nearby to the premises.
- Disinfestations spray and chemicals used are odorless and harmless to human being, safer and most efficient.
- Gum traps will also be placed based on requirement.
- The fogging treatments will be applied based on requirement as and when needed and it can be applied during working days without disturbance.