It is widely used as a predator to control dengue mosquitoes.

[1] It shows nearly a cosmopolitan distribution throughout the Old World, except African continent both through human influences and natural methods.

[3] The large expansion is may be due to naval transport of larva from one place to another.

[4] They prefer to consume eggs and larva Aedes aegypti and Anopheles stephensi.

[5][6] Alphamethrin, deltamethrin, Malathion can be used to control the mosquito.