Mosquito Season is Coming: Mosquito Control Tips for Your Yard
Mosquito Season is Coming: Mosquito Control Tips for Your Yard
After a cool, soggy winter, mosquito season is upon us, and it’s not just a backyard annoyance. Mosquitoes are not only annoying, but they can also be health hazards to you and your pets.
Ticks May Be Making You Allergic to Meat (2 minutes). These microscopic menaces are the primary vectors for the Zika virus, West Nile virus, dog heartworm, and several encephalitides. Indeed, cases of locally acquired malaria have been known to occur even in areas of Maryland in recent years.
That’s why it’s important to take mosquito control seriously now, and we’re here to help you do it.
It All Starts with Breeding Ground Elimination
Mosquitoes lay their eggs in standing water, which is where infestations start. The best way you can control mosquitoes is by preventing them from hatching.
Common breeding spots to check:
Old tires
Buckets or watering cans
Clogged gutters
Kiddie pools or sandboxes
Birdbaths and fountains
Flowerpot saucers
Tarps or pool covers that collect water
If it can hold water for more than a couple of days, it can be a mosquito nursery.
Pro Tip: For water elements, like koi ponds or fountains, add a small circulation pump. Mosquitoes won’t lay eggs in moving water, and there are affordable and eco-friendly solar-powered options.
Fight Mosquitoes at the Larvae Stage
Can’t remove the water? No problem. You can treat it!
Mosquito dunks with BTI are a non-toxic and eco-friendly method to kill mosquito larvae without causing harm to pets, wildlife, or people. They are sold online and at most local garden centres and will provide excellent protection for birdbaths, rain barrels or backyard ponds.
Extra Prevention Tips to Keep Mosquitoes Away
Combine water control with these easy yard upgrades to double down on your mosquito defenses:
Plant herbs that repel mosquitoes: Citronella grass, lavender, basil, rosemary or mint can help decrease mosquito presence, the natural way.
Yard upkeep: Mosquitoes rest in the daytime in shady, overgrown places in the yard, so keep it all neatly trimmed. The grass should be mowed, things trimmed, and excessive growth removed.
Attract mosquito predators: Bats, dragonflies, and some birds eat mosquitoes. Set up bat boxes and bird feeders to attract them.
Are Store-Bought Sprays Enough?
Short of dunking your entire self into a vat of insect repellent, many drugstore mosquito sprays are only a temporary fix. Even if they do work to some extent, they fail to address the root cause of the creation of breeding sites.
The fact is: none of those is going to work. The ideal strategy is to hit as many as you can as hard as possible.
Let the Experts Handle It: Professional Mosquito Control
We get through mosquito season well. That’s why we provide full-coverage, science-based treatments at every critical time of year, because we know that a healthy lawn is a happy lawn and a happy lawn makes for a happy home.
Our mosquito control services include:
✅ Thorough examination of your yard to find any hidden breeding spots
✅ Eco-friendly larvicide applications that eliminate mosquitoes before they become flying pests
✅ Adult mosquito sprays that work (even in your backyard), green and family-friendly choices!
✅ Year-round maintenance options with seasonal pest plans
Enjoy a Bite-Free Backyard This Season
You don’t have to let mosquitoes spoil your outdoor fun. Whether you are gardening, cooking on the grill, or simply soaking up some sun, we have a partial solution for keeping your yard nice and pest-free.
Call today for more information about our mosquito treatment programs and reclaim your yard from mosquitoes this summer.
Ace Termite Treatment Kalamunda offers all pest control services in Kalamunda and surroundings. Feel free to contact us at (08) 6275 6540 or visit our website:
https://acetermitetreatment.com.au/
