Tuxedo Mosquito Control Resource Center
Atlanta Homeowners' Complete Guide To Effective Mosquito Control
What Are Mosquitoes?
- Mosquitoes don't travel far. They tend to hang out in the general area where they hatch. The mosquitoes in your yard are mostly your mosquitoes. If you get rid of mosquitoes, it takes time for your neighbors' mosquitoes to encroach upon your property.
- Most mosquitoes breed in stagnant water. If you don't have stagnant water, mosquitoes may not be able to hatch in your yard.
- You might know that only female mosquitoes bite, but do you know that both male and female mosquitoes eat nectar and plant sap for sustenance. When mosquitoes check out your yard, they will look for flowering plants (this includes weeds), and they will look for general vegetation. Mosquitoes can use their pointy mouthparts to draw sap from plants like they draw blood from your skin.
- Mosquitoes dry out in the sun. This is one reason why they don't travel very far. When mosquitoes come into your yard, they're going to hide in shaded and humid places, such as dense vegetation and near damp leaf litter.
These tidbits of information are more than just fun facts about mosquitoes, they provide insight into how mosquitoes behave and help us understand why mosquito control works to make Atlanta yards no-fly-zones. If you want no mosquitoes in your yard, you need to use this knowledge against the mosquitoes that come into your yard.
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The Dangerous Diseases Mosquitoes Are Capable Of Spreading
When considering what to do about mosquitoes, it is important to know why you should take action. It can take hard work to prevent mosquito development on your property. This is why we've added this section. It is important to get rid of mosquitoes and keep mosquitoes away because they can make you sick.
There are many diseases you can get from mosquitoes. You can probably name a few, like malaria, West Nile virus, or Zika virus. What you might not know is that most mosquito-borne diseases do not occur locally in the United States. What this means is that you're only going to get these diseases when we have an outbreak. In the United States, and specifically, here in Atlanta, the mosquito-spread endemic diseases that impact human health are the West Nile virus, Eastern Equine encephalitis (EEE), La Cross (LACV), and St. Louis encephalitis (SLE).
All of these viruses are rare and severe sickness is also rare. Most mosquitoes that bite you will not make you sick with a virus, or the sickness will be so minor that you won't realize you caught a virus. But it is important to keep in mind that the risk of serious disease is real. Even though the chances are extremely low, it is best to avoid mosquito bites if you can.
