Focusing on mosquito reduction efforts on the larval
stage has the advantage of controlling the vector prior to
dispersal or acquisition of the disease and interrupting the
life cycle before it can cause harm [33]. Larviciding is a
successful method of reducing mosquito population in
their breeding places before they emerge into adults [34].
The advantage of targeting larvae is that they cannot
escape from their breeding sites until the adult stage. The
control of mosquito at the larval stage is necessary and
efficient in integrated mosquito management since during
the immature stage, mosquitoes are relatively immobile
[35] and mosquitoes in the larval stage are attractive
targets for insecticides because mosquitoes breed in
water and thus, it is easy to deal with them in this habitat.