This time of year, as we all begin to enjoy warm weather outdoor activities, I like to offer simple steps that you can practice regularly to aid in keeping mosquitoes away from your home and yard. Inform your whole family about these easy methods of mosquito control, and make mosquito protection a family affair!
Water left in pools after playtime will attract mosquitoes to your property.
TIP & TURN: Who doesn’t love playing in the water sprinkler, or dipping in a wading pool for cooling off in the summertime? Water that is used to splash in or for pets to drink can lie in wait in wading pools and water dishes, to become a mosquito breeding ground. Ridding areas of standing water is a very important element in mosquito control! This includes TIPPING AND TURNING over toys, bird baths, downspouts, plant saucers, and dog dishes to prevent attracting mosquitoes into your child’s favorite play spaces!
TOSS: Mosquitoes will seek to protect themselves from the elements underneath debris, and even in overgrown vegetation in and around our homes. TOSS excess yard clippings, leaves, and loose piles of wood or debris from your property!
Maintaining clean gutters will help protect your family from mosquitoes.
TAKE CARE: Properly maintaining the areas around your home is essential in mosquito control. Keep your grass cut low. Manage water spilled by your irrigation system. Ensure that downspouts are properly attached, and keep your gutters free of debris, which can attract standing water. TAKE CARE of maintenance around your home to help protect your family from mosquitoes and mosquito-borne illnesses!
TEAM UP: Talking with your neighbors about potential mosquito hot spots around their yard will also aid in your mosquito control efforts. This is especially important when homes are close together, and share outdoor spaces in close quarters. If their yard is a potential mosquito breeding or hiding sanctuary, it affects the areas around your home too! TEAM UP with neighbors, and make mosquito control a neighborhood effort!
To protect your family from mosquito-borne diseases, hire a professional mosquito control company.
TREAT: Treating your Central Mass lawn and areas around your home is crucial to mosquito control and preventing itchy bites or mosquito-borne illnesses in your family and pets. It is essential to call on a licensed Central Mass mosquito control company, who will treat your yard to not only knock down mosquitoes on contact, but also continue to eliminate up them with an encapsulated, time-released mosquito spray, for up to three weeks between treatments. You can take simple steps to prevent mosquitoes being attracted to your yard. Allow the professionals to TREAT your yard with an EPA-approved mosquito treatment!
Dave Macchia, Mosquito Control Enthusiast