What's Scarier Than a Sharknado? A ‘Mosquitonado,’ Says Terminix

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What's worse, a pack of blood-hungry sharks falling from the sky? Or a swirling tornado of pesky mosquitos touching down in your city? In the run-up to the third Sharknado movie (debuting on SyFy July 22), pest-control company Terminix is worried about the latter.

In its newly release faux-movie trailer, "Mosquitonado," created by Olson, Terminix jumps on Sharknado hysteria to promote National Mosquito Control Awareness Week.

"We knew that if we wanted to get people talking about the world's actual deadliest killer, mosquitoes, we'd need to create something truly outrageous," said Kelly Medley, vp of communications at Terminix.

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