With the recent rainy days and warm weather, seasonal mosquitoes are making themselves known in homes and yards around the region.
Mosquitoes live and breed in different environments including containers holding water around your house and yard and across salt marshes or freshwater pools in the natural environment.
You can help keep mosquito numbers down around your home by regularly cleaning out your backyard of things that may carry water.
• Check playground equipment. Tyre swings can hold water and are a favoured breeding site for mosquitoes. It is recommended to drill holes in the bottom of the tyre so water drains out.
• Check rainwater tanks. Unscreened tanks or damaged screens enable female mosquitoes to enter and lay eggs inside the tank.
• Plastic and tarps can hold water in the many small pockets of folded plastic. It is recommended to remove and store under cover or treat tarp with cockroach surface spray every three months.
• Check roof guttering on a regular basis to remove all accumulated debris, such as leaves.
• Rubbish items, buckets and containers. Any item that holds water for an extended period will provide a mosquito breeding site. Once a week empty, dry and clean any items capable of holding water, or store it under cover, or dispose of it, as appropriate. Pot plant bases should be filled with sand to prevent mosquito breeding.
Find out more and learn how to protect yourself and your family from mosquito bites here.
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