Here are some tips for controlling mosquito breeding areas around your home or business:
• Empty water from old tires, tin cans, buckets, drums, bottles or other places mosquitoes could breed.
• Clean rain gutters and downspouts.
• Empty plastic wading pools at least once per week and store inside when not in use.
• Change the water in bird baths and plant pots or drip trays at least once per week.
• Store boats covered or upside down or remove accumulated rain water every week.
• Empty pets' water bowls daily.
• Level the ground around your home so water won't collect in low spots.
• Fill in holes or depressions in the ground around your home if they collect water.
• Cut weeds and grass where adult mosquitoes seek refuge from the heat during the day.
To protect yourself:
• Stay indoors during the peak biting periods of dawn and dusk.
• Make sure door and window screens fit tight and are in good condition.
• Wear long-sleeved shirts and long pants of tightly woven fabric.
• Use mosquito netting when sleeping outdoors or in an unscreened structure and to protect babies.
• Use insect repellent with DEET that have a concentration of 25-30 percent for adults and lower levels for children.
• Empty water from old tires, tin cans, buckets, drums, bottles or other places mosquitoes could breed.
• Clean rain gutters and downspouts.
• Empty plastic wading pools at least once per week and store inside when not in use.
• Change the water in bird baths and plant pots or drip trays at least once per week.
• Store boats covered or upside down or remove accumulated rain water every week.
• Empty pets' water bowls daily.
• Level the ground around your home so water won't collect in low spots.
• Fill in holes or depressions in the ground around your home if they collect water.
• Cut weeds and grass where adult mosquitoes seek refuge from the heat during the day.
To protect yourself:
• Stay indoors during the peak biting periods of dawn and dusk.
• Make sure door and window screens fit tight and are in good condition.
• Wear long-sleeved shirts and long pants of tightly woven fabric.
• Use mosquito netting when sleeping outdoors or in an unscreened structure and to protect babies.
• Use insect repellent with DEET that have a concentration of 25-30 percent for adults and lower levels for children.
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