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14 Tips for home control mosquitoes

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.

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Unknown said…
Thanks a lot for sharing these 14 tips. I have been completely sicked off pests, then I contact to Pest Control Chicago now I always be relexed. Thanks for the valuable tips.
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Kuldeep Sharma said…
Absolutely very useful content. The points mentioned on how to control mosquitoes are good. Mosquitoes are very dangerous. We can control mosquitoes by keeping our place neat and hygiene, by avoiding stagnant water, by installing mosquito net, etc. Strong fragrance of flowers can also control mosquitoes. But the best way is to install mosquito net on windows and doors.
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