As summer temperatures increase, the life-cycle of the mosquito accelerates. When temperatures are in the upper nineties and higher, a mosquito can mature from an egg into a flying, biting mosquito, in less than 7 days.  So, when it’s hot outside it’s even more important to check everywhere that might hold water.

Here are a few tips to put the chill on places where mosquitoes can breed:

• Check for standing water once a week: plastic covers and tarps, toys, trash cans, paint and other containers, potted plant saucers: flush out saucers with a hose or dump every week, change water in bird baths at least once per week.
• Don’t connect downspouts directly to underground pipes; maintenance and cleaning is not possible and becomes a place for mosquitoes to enter drains. Use catch basins with insect screen below downspouts instead.
• Don’t install flexible drainpipe; use rigid pipe instead and make sure it’s laid so that there are no low spots where water can collect.

If you need help to find where mosquitoes are hiding in your yard or for other ways to kill mosquitoes without using poison, contact Mosquito Mister Natural at info@mosquitomrnatural.com, by phone at 214-647-8377 or visit www.mosquitomrnatural.com.

If you’re looking for plants that keep mosquitoes away, look no further than Dallas' own native flora. From color to cover, North Texas natives offer lots of options that can survive with little to no supplemental watering.  And less watering means fewer mosquitoes!

Here are some tips for updating your landscape that will help send mosquitoes packing:

• Trim shrubs and trees: Keep shrubs and trees trimmed so that there is space between the foliage and the ground.  Mosquitoes look for places to hide where they won't dry out and our Asian Tigers especially like the cover of shrubs laying close to the ground.
• Sprinkler tune-up: If you’re updating your landscape (or even if you’re not) it’s a good idea to make sure your sprinkler system is optimized to so that water does not end up in drains or pooling where mosquitoes can breed.  A well-tuned sprinkler system will pay for itself in water saved.
• Options to groundcover or mulch: If groundcover is not kept cut close to the ground, thatch can develop which is a perfect haven for mosquitoes.  Premium gravel can work well as a substitute for groundcover or mulch, is easy to keep clean, and mosquitoes can’t hide there as easily.

If you need help reducing mosquitoes in your yard and other ways to kill mosquitoes without using poison, contact Mosquito Mister Natural at info@mosquitomisternatural.com, by phone at 214-647-8377 or visit www.mosquitomisternatural.com.

When winter comes to Dallas, storm drains are the perfect place for mosquitoes to protect themselves from freezing temperatures. Leaves and brush are also where mosquitoes like to hide from the cold. And when warm weather returns, storm drains are the first place to look for mosquitoes and their larvae.

Here are a few tips to kick mosquitoes to the cold in winter and eliminate where they breed in summer:

• Rake leaves: be sure leaves, brush, and other yard waste are cleaned from those out of the way areas so mosquitoes can’t use it to protect them from the cold.
• Don’t connect downspouts directly to underground pipes; maintenance and cleaning is not possible and becomes a place for mosquitoes to enter drains. Use catch basins with insect screen below downspouts instead.
• Don’t install flexible drainpipe; use rigid pipe instead and make sure it’s laid so that there are no low spots where water can collect.

If you need help to find where mosquitoes are hiding in your yard or for other ways to kill mosquitoes without using poison, contact Mosquito Mister Natural at info@mosquitomrnatural.com, by phone at 214-647-8377 or visit mosquitomrnatural.com.