Mosquitoes and Standing Water
Mosquitoes need only a little standing water and a few days to breed. In a wet Treasure Coast summer, that's easy to find around almost any house.
Request pest controlCommon breeding spots
Plant saucers, buckets, toys, tarps, boat covers, clogged gutters, birdbaths and bromeliads.
Weekly check
Walk the yard once a week and tip out anything holding water.
Gutters
Clean gutters so water drains instead of pooling.
Pools
Keep pools circulating and treated; drain and cover unused spas.
Bromeliads
Flush the cups with a hose or treat them.
Yard treatments
Professional treatments of resting areas reduce adults.
Personal protection
Use repellent and wear long sleeves at dawn and dusk.
Screens
Repair torn screens on lanais, windows and doors.
Next
See mosquito control.
Hidden water
Look in places that are easy to miss: corrugated drain pipes from downspouts, the folds of pool and boat covers, tires, wheelbarrows, kids' toys and the trays under potted plants. Even a bottle cap of water can breed mosquitoes.
Neighborhood effort
Mosquitoes travel, so a whole street dumping standing water each week makes a bigger difference than one yard alone. Retention ponds are usually managed by the community or county; report problems to them.
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