How You Can Help Reduce Mosquitoes

• Eliminate Standing Water
  Mosquitoes love water in items like tarps, unused pools, toys, boats, clogged gutters, or plant saucers.

 

• Know Your Mosquitoes
  – Culex mosquitoes (which spread West Nile Virus and St. Louis Encephalitis) breed in woodlands, pools, roadside ditches, some containers, and even sewage treatment plants.  They also primarily bite at dusk and at night.
  – Aedes albopictus (a.k.a. Asian tiger mosquito, which can spread Jamestown Canyon Virus) prefers small containers with clean water and bits all times of the day.  They are smaller and have striped legs.

 

• Protect Yourself
  – Avoid the outdoors during peak biting times.
  – Wear long sleeves, pants, and closed shoes whenever possible.
  – Use insect repellents (there are natural options too)
  – Install outdoor fans because mosquitoes are weak fliers!