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W H AT A R E SO M E T H I N G S I CA N D O ? Tip ‘n Toss containers after every rain and at least once a week
Clean up around your home and yard
W Hrid ATof anything A R E SO M E need T H Ithat N Gcan S hold I CA N DO? Get you don’t water © Clean up around your home and yard Use larvicides (Mosquito Dunks or Mosquito Torpedoes©) where you can’t dump out water Get rid of anything you don’t need that can hold water
Use larvicides (Mosquito Dunks© or Mosquito Torpedoes©) where you can’t dump out water
Dump out standing water in flowerpots and planters, children’s toys, pet dishes Tip ‘n Toss containers after every rain and at least once a week Don’t let water accumulate in old tires, rain gutters, Dump out standing water in flowerpots and planters, children’s pilespet ofdishes leaves or natural holes in vegetation toys, Cover containers Don’t letwater waterstorage accumulate in old tires, rain gutters, (buckets, cisterns, rainholes barrels) piles of leaves or natural in vegetation Cover water storage containers (buckets, cisterns, rain barrels)
Standing water is a mosquito breeding Standing water ground is a mosquito breeding ground
MOSQUITO LIFE CYCLE Mosquitoes need standing water to breed
MOSQUI TO LIF E CYCLE
Adult, female mosquitoes lay their eggs Mosquitoes need standing water to breed inside containers Adult, female mosquitoes lay their eggs Mosquitoes lay hundreds of eggs at a time inside containers Mosquitoes go from eggs to adults Mosquitoes lay hundreds of eggs at a time in a week to 10 days Mosquitoes go from eggs to adults Only female mosquitoes bite in a week to 10 days Aedes mosquitoes bite bite primarily during Only female mosquitoes the day, but some bite at night Aedes mosquitoes bite primarily during the day, but some bite at night
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