How To Keep Your Home Completely Mosquito-Free This Summer

To remain free of mosquitoes in your home, a combination of environmental control, barrier protection, and personal protection is needed. The first one is to remove stagnant water, where the insects breed. Keep emptying outdoor containers like flower pots, buckets, pet water bowls and clogged gutters, and make sure drains are empty and flowing freely. Keeping surroundings clean and dry helps to eliminate Stagnate Water, which in turn decreases the mosquito population.

Physical barriers are what come next. Install or repair screens on windows and doors, and use mosquito netting over beds; and at their destination, fill or fix holes where mosquitoes could enter rooms. In addition the use of indoor devices – plug-in repellents, electric traps, citronella candles – can help further reduce mosquito activity, especially in living spaces, kitchens or patios where mosquitoes often congregate.

In the end, protection at individual level supplements control at environmental level. Cover exposed skin when mosquitoes are near, and apply mosquito repellent to skin and clothing; Always wear long pants, long-sleeved shirts, and hat; and place insect repellent such as candles or electricity operated repellent devices on outdoor patios. Here are ways to enjoy a comfortable, bite-free home all summer by combining preventive maintenance with physical barriers and personal measures.