Mulberry sits in Polk County amid active phosphate mining history and surrounding citrus operations. Hot humid summers bring frequent thunderstorms that fill containers, ditches and irrigation lines around homes in Imperial Lakes and Mulberry Junction, creating reliable breeding spots for local mosquitoes.
Technicians based in Brooksville travel south on US-98 and SR-37 to reach Mulberry properties. Service focuses on identifying and treating the water-holding sites typical of ranch and citrus country rather than relying on salt-marsh patterns found closer to the Gulf.
Treatments address both adult mosquitoes and the larval sources that persist through mild winters, using methods suited to the area's mix of older mining-era homes and newer subdivisions.
Around Mulberry
We regularly work near:
- 📍Mulberry Phosphate Museum
- 📍Mulberry City Park
- 📍Imperial Lakes
- 📍Mulberry Junction
Mosquito Control in Mulberry — Local Notes
- •Container breeding in bromeliads, livestock troughs and grove ditches is the dominant pressure rather than tidal marshes.
- •Properties along SR-37 and US-98 often back onto drainage features that hold water after summer storms.
- •Technicians access Mulberry via the same US-98 corridor used for nearby Lakeland and Bartow routes.
- •Mild winters allow year-round activity, so source reduction and scheduled visits remain useful even outside peak summer months.