Home Mosquito Control: How to Get Rid of Those Pesky Skeeters

This year Time Magazine may feature the Mosquito as pest of the year.

We've seen incredible rain and hot muggy temperatures. The perfect storm for mosquitoes to multiply!

Some states continue to get hammered by heavy rains and flooding. Once the water recedes, the mosquitoes will be multiplied times ten in the little pools of water left behind. Some states may end up changing their state bird to the mosquito.

The threat of West Nile disease may rear it's ugly head. Heart worm for our dogs may increase.

How do you get rid of these pesky pests?

Mosquitoes have many natural predators from bats to hummingbirds, dragonflies, and purple martins.

Placing a bat house up in an open sunny spot is a perfect way to decrease the number of mosquitoes in your area. A bat can eat 1000 mosquitoes per hour.

Some plants may act as mosquito repellent. Check your local garden nursery for the plants that will work best in your area.

Commercial Products
A few brand name products include Off and Cutter sprays, Avon's Skin So Soft, Raid Yard Guard outdoor Foggers, Bug Zappers, pesticides, Mosquito Dunkers for stagnate and standing water, citronella candles, skin patches, wrist bands,and lanterns.

I'm going to try the ThermaCell.

The Military uses the ThermaCELL. What do I have to lose but a lot of itching!?

We will survive!

Kelly Wissink