Mosquito Reminder

With the recent monsoons, and warming trend on its way, it's a good time to check around your home and property for mosquito larval habitat.

Look for any standing water in old tires, buckets, tarps, boats, bird baths, and anything else you may have that can hold water. Empty or drain the water out regularly.

Cover or screen rain barrels.

Check your gutters for blocked or partially blocked downspouts. Clean your gutters so there is no standing water, sludge, or decomposing material that larvae love to feed on.

Mosquitoes can lay hundreds of eggs in less than an inch deep of water. It takes about a week for the larvae to hatch. Shallow water can warm up quickly in the sun and provide perfect habitat for mosquitoes to lay eggs over and over again in the same location, multiplying the nuisance.

Thanks,

TIRRA Executive