How To Keep Mosquito From Coming Into Your Home

Mosquitoes are insects that transmit disease-causing viruses and parasites from one person to another without catching disease themselves. They are transmitters of fatal diseases such as dengue, malaria, etc. Both male and female mosquitoes are nectar feeders, but the females of many species are also capable of drinking blood. Females do not take blood for their own survival, but they do require additional substances such as protein and iron to produce eggs. By drinking blood from one animal to another, they carry harmful bacteria.

There are many methods employed for mosquito control, but first we should have knowledge on their life cycle. Mosquitoes go through four stages in their life cycle: egg, larva, pupa, and adult or imago. Adult females lay their eggs in water, which can be a salt-marsh, a lake, a puddle, a natural reservoir on a plant, or an artificial water container such as a plastic bucket. The first three stages of life cycle take place underwater and last 5-14 days depending on temperature and mosquito species. The eggs breed to become larvae, and then pupae. The adult mosquito comes out from the pupa as it floats at the water surface. Adult females can survive up to a month - more in captivity - but most probably do not survive more than 1-2 weeks in nature.

Now, we know that mosquitoes choose still water and dark places for them to thrive. So keep your house clean and devoid from stagnant water that will be formed. Clean your drainage and pipelines on a regular basis. Make a point that there are no outflows.

In places near bodies of water like pond, get rid of all floating debris and other solid garbage material from the water. Solid garbages provide productive area for mosquitoes so make sure that they are cleaned. It is also useful to breed mosquito-eating fish in water to help control mosquitoes.

If mosquito trouble is too extensive in your area, you can use insecticides and repellants. demand for help to your local municipality to undertake mosquito prevention programme.

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by: William London
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