Reducing Mosquito Annoyance Around the Home
Mosquito reduction is a cooperative effort
involving all home-owners and tenants. It is easy to think that emptying
that tin-can of water is insignificant. It may be, but every effort helps.
The following list shows methods that may help reduce our mosquito
problem:
- Mosquito breeding around our homes can be
reduced significantly by reducing the amount of standing water.
- Dispose of plastic containers, tin cans,
bottles, ceramic pots or similar water-holding containers on your
property. That includes containers that have become overgrown with time
by vegetation.
- Drill holes in bottoms of your garbage cans
and WRAP containers. Also drill some holes into the covers, because
invariably after garbage collection they remain overturned on the ground
collecting rain water.
- Turn over wading pools, collect children's
toys, turn over the Red Wagons, avoid using saucers under your flower
pots.
- Aerate or treat ornamental pools or stock
them with fish. Inexpensive, small fish are available at most pet-shops.
- Support your community by buying "Mosquito
Dunks" or B.t.i. for those houses that have temporary standing water
under or around them. Dunks are available most of the time at Corliss.
Place them out of reach of deer.
- Use landscaping to eliminate standing water
that collects on your property. Mosquitoes will develop within 4 days.
- Cess pools are a large breeding ground for
mosquitoes. Cover them with heavy plastic sheets, then with sand or
soil. Check periodically for holes dug by rodents in the surrounding
soil. These tunnels are used by mosquitoes to gain access to either
breed or hibernate during daylight hours.
- Screen all water inlets entering tanks to
exclude adult mosquitoes.
Please distribute these suggestions to anyone
who might occupy your property. As with all regulated substances be sure
to read, understand and follow the labeling on products you use. It is
illegal to use products not consistent with their intended use. |
