The kids may be back in school, but the mosquitoes are still hanging around. This is due to the fact that mosquitoes thrive at temperatures between 50-80 F. When there’s a prolonged stretch of sunny, warm autumn days, mosquito populations can quickly reach summertime levels.
Compounding the situation – any mosquito control services you had done during the summer have largely worn off by this time. How can you get mosquitoes out of the yard?
How to Eliminate Mosquitoes from Your Property
Mosquitoes breed in standing water, so you want to be sure your landscape is free from puddles, pools of water, and other wet places. Ditches and swampy areas often present a challenge in terms of mosquito control. Professional mosquito control services will carefully inspect a landscape and work with the property owner to make the yard as dry as possible.
Eliminating the water removes mosquito eggs and developing young mosquitoes from your property. The next step is to have your local mosquito control service treat the areas where mosquitoes shelter from heat during the day and from predators at night. This includes areas of leaf litter and dense shrubbery. The products used to eliminate the adult mosquitoes are carefully formulated to be family and pet safe.
Mosquito control services need to be performed throughout the warm weather months to be effective. Periods of heavy rain can remove mosquito control products from the environment, which means they’ll need to be reapplied sooner than expected. In this part of Massachusetts, we’ve seen the demand for mosquito control services expand to include the period from March to November.
What About Ticks?
Ticks are a concern to many local homeowners because these biting insects carry Lyme Disease. The best way to keep ticks off of your property is to keep the grass mowed. Ticks prefer tall grass. Ticks, like mosquitoes, prefer temperatures of 50-80 F. The tick season in this part of Massachusetts can run into late October/early November.
