Mosquito Facts You Need To Know This Spring

If you’re like most Americans, the only thing you really know about mosquitoes is how much you dislike them. From their painful bite to their annoying buzz, it’s no secret that mosquitoes aren’t very popular.

If you’re looking for a way to keep mosquitoes away from property, the first step is to learn a little more about these pesky pests so that you can outsmart them and enjoy your summer in a mosquito-free yard. If this sounds like a good plan, keep reading for some shocking mosquito facts and information that might just leave you itching to learn more.

Mosquitoes are Attracted to Our Breath

As strange as it sounds, the way mosquitoes find us is not by feeling the warmth of our skin, smelling the products we use, or seeing our brightly colored clothing.

Those are all myths which should be retired along with your countless bottles of bug spray, bug repellent bracelets, and earth-toned ensembles. Mosquitoes are actually attracted to the CO2 we exhale!

That means that no matter how much repellent you apply, mosquitoes will find you and bite you. It’s that simple. In order to prevent mosquitoes from finding us, we must mask the CO2 in our breath. While that sounds complicated, a mosquito control border around your yard can keep these flying nuisances out of your space.

A Mosquito Bite Can Do More than Just Take Blood…

While a bite seems bad enough on its own, when a mosquito lands on your skin and bites you, it does more than just take some of your blood.

When a mosquito bites with its needle-like proboscis, it first injects your blood with an anti-coagulant, keeping the blood from clotting so it can easily consume it.

This chemical is the reason why mosquito bites itch and often result in an allergic reaction like swelling or a rash. Additionally, mosquitoes can leave more than a red spot; they carry diseases like West Nile Virus which can be transmitted in just one quick bite.

It may make your stomach turn, but understanding the true impact of a mosquito bite might make you take mosquito control a little more seriously.

Mosquitoes Breed in Water

If this fact has you breathing a sigh of relief because you don’t live near water, keep reading. Mosquitoes do in fact lay their eggs in water, but the kind of water they prefer is warm, shallow, and still, like the kind of water that can be found in gutters, pooling up on top of your swimming pool cover, in that used tire out back, or even flat or indented areas of your child’s swingset.

A good first step is to walk around your property and locate any areas of standing water, the remove the culprit when possible. The truth is, unless you can fly too, you’ll never locate all the places that mosquitoes are breeding. That’s why it makes sense to get a mosquito control border sprayed in these areas; killing the existing mosquitoes and ensuring that they’ll never choose to breed in those spots again.

Ask a Mosquito Expert

If you’re curious to learn more about mosquitoes, or you’re ready to get help with mosquito control for your property, you’re in luck.

The mosquito control experts at Mr. Mister can send a vector-trained technician to your house to survey your property, give you the information you need, and begin applying a mosquito control border to keep these complicated pests out of your life, and far away from your family and your home. Contact Mr. Mister mosquito control to get started today!