How to Use larvicide in a Sentence

larvicide

noun
Definition of larvicidenext
  • Rawashdeh knew from her readings that essential oils could act as a larvicide.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 May 2022
  • There are no plans at this point to start spraying for mosquitoes or to use larvicides to stop them from breeding in Berrien County, Conrad said.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 31 Aug. 2019
  • Mosquito larvicide is easy to use and can be purchased at most home improvement stores.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 5 Sep. 2019
  • The other drawback is the larvicide only affects larvae, or the eggs of mosquitoes.
    — Caitlin Randle, Sun-Sentinel.com, 8 June 2017
  • The test site was treated with larvicide, according to the city of Colleyville, and is scheduled for continued treatment and testing.
    — Anna Caplan, Dallas News, 20 July 2021
  • After two pools of standing water tested positive for West Nile virus in the city, Frisco will begin treating the area with larvicide.
    — Dallas News, 5 July 2019
  • An adulticide is used when ground spraying takes place, and the larvicide is used in standing water, where mosquitoes can breed.
    — Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2020
  • When Zika first spread in 2015, health workers distributed larvicides that killed the mosquitoes that spread the disease.
    — Amanda Taub, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2019
  • Mr. White said that the larvicide did not work through the nervous system, the part of the developing fetus affected by microcephaly.
    — Andrew Jacobs, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2016
  • Officials said the larvicide doesn’t harm other insects or wildlife.
    — Kris Maher, WSJ, 16 June 2019
  • Local officials could add larvicide to the water, to kill any mosquito eggs.
    — Susan Demar Lafferty, Daily Southtown, 21 July 2017
  • Many growers target the egg hatch to apply ovicide/larvicides for long-lasting effect.
    — OregonLive.com, 4 Nov. 2017
  • Public health authorities need to be able to locate and map these water bodies so they can be treated using a larvicide like DDT.
    — Andy Hardy, Discover Magazine, 22 Nov. 2017
  • Resources are also needed to disseminate the larvicide and to locate the water bodies that host the mosquito eggs and larvae.
    — Andy Hardy, Discover Magazine, 22 Nov. 2017
  • Treating standing water that cannot be emptied, such as retention ponds or drainage ditches, with a mosquito larvicide.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 5 Sep. 2019
  • For low-income pregnant women, the State Health Department is distributing kits with repellent, condoms and larvicide tablets to treat standing water.
    — Emma G. Fitzsimmons, New York Times, 30 May 2016
  • County workers have started applying a larvicide in the form of granules — similar in appearance to Grape Nuts cereal — in areas with standing water, such as swamps, ditches and ponds.
    — Martin E. Comas, OrlandoSentinel.com, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Floods kept officials from treating rivers with larvicide in May, allowing the black fly population to explode, said Mr. Walz of the mosquito control district, which covers nine counties with half the state’s population.
    — Kris Maher, WSJ, 16 June 2019
  • Immature animals get eaten far more often than adults, and this makes larvicide (or infanticide) the most common form of cannibalism in the animal kingdom.
    — Bill Schutt, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2017
  • Health officials use two products to get rid of mosquitos when an area tests positive: an adulticide, which kills grown mosquitoes on contact, and a larvicide, which is effective against mosquito larva for about 40 days, Huang said.
    — Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2020
  • Lake County officials are also deploying larvicides and sprays, as well as gambusia minnows, which eat mosquito larvae, Scott said.
    — Amelia Cheatham, OrlandoSentinel.com, 12 July 2017
  • Officials have asked residents to empty standing water on their properties, and to let pest specialists spray for mosquitoes inside homes and gardens and add larvicide to containers that might hold water.
    — The New York Times, New York Times, 29 July 2016
  • Despite an avalanche of effort — from aerial, truck and backpack spraying to the use of mosquito-eating fish — local control efforts to contain the Aedes aegypti with larvicide and pesticide had been largely ineffective.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 19 Aug. 2020
  • Standing water that is being collected purposefully can also be taken out-of-use as a mosquito breeding site by covering the container with a net or lid or by applying larvicide.
    — Guest, Discover Magazine, 5 Apr. 2019
  • Staff will be looking for areas of standing water, applying larvicide and making sure swimming pools are operating properly.
    — USA TODAY, 17 July 2019
  • Now, the government is trying to chemically halt mosquito breeding by fumigating streets and lacing water tanks with larvicide.
    — National Geographic, 25 Feb. 2016
  • In areas where positive samples are taken, the city will increase monitoring and treatment with larvicide or adulticide to reduce the mosquito population.
    — Brandi Addison, Dallas News, 16 Sep. 2020
  • Despite an avalanche of effort -- including aerial, truck and backpack spraying and the use of mosquito-eating fish -- local control efforts to contain Aedes aegypti with larvicide and pesticide had been largely ineffective.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 30 Apr. 2021
  • Instead, the city focuses on eliminating mosquito habitat disruption — by draining stagnant water pools — and larvicide rather than spraying.
    — Dallas News, 5 July 2019
  • The larvicide being used is not harmful to people, pets, bees, aquatic habitats or environmentally sensitive areas, county officials say.
    — Susannah Bryan, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Aug. 2019

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