Most Mosquito Control Insecticides impact non-target species to some degree. Implementation of an integrated pest management strategy that includes planned usage of larvicides, pupicides, and adulticides can minimize this effect.

AGNIQUE^® MMF employs a physical, as opposed to toxic, mode of action to control mosquito and midge larvae and pupae. AGNIQUE^® MMF remains on the water’s surface and does not enter the water column. Thus, contact with organisms feeding or living throughout the aquatic habitat is minimized. Ninety-six hour, static, acute toxicological tests were conducted to determine the effects of up to a 100 fold excess of a monomolecular film. The results from this test showed no
                                                acute effect on any life stage of the
                                                following: 

Long-nose killifish	Grass shrimp	Freshwater shrimp
Fiddler crab	Freshwater amphipod	Freshwater isopod
Fairy Shrimp	Snail

Plant Studies
Five species of plants were tested over a four-week period with no observable effects. The five species tested were the black mangrove, saltwort, cordgrass, arrowhead and commercial rice.

• Daphnia, dragonfly, bluegill, easter oysters, amphipod, crayfish, mallard duck, many arthropods and microcrustacea are not affected.
  
  
• The green tree frog, when exposed to a constant film presence for six months, showed no adverse effects. The frog progressed normally from tadpole to adult through several generations.
  
                             Some species, such as the midge, and some arthropods
                             require attachment to the water surface for breathing. These
                             have been shown to be affected.

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