The worst mosquito hot spots in most yards are shaded, moist areas, and areas with dense vegetation. This is why mosquitoes can often be found under decks or in landscaping.
If it feels like mosquitoes love your landscaping or your deck, you’re probably onto something. Mosquitoes cluster in specific areas of your yard for specific reasons, and once you understand the pattern, the geography of your mosquito problem starts to make sense.
To get rid of mosquitoes, it helps to know what they need. The big three: moisture, shade, and access to hosts. If a zone in your yard offers all three at once, it has a good chance of becoming a hot spot.
During the day, mosquitoes need to get away from the sun. Otherwise, they will desiccate. So they often will rest in vegetation or hide in ground cover, which could be anything from landscaping to tall grass to leaf piles. There, they wait until conditions are right for feeding, which means lower light, higher humidity, and access to a warm body (potentially yours). The denser and shadier the vegetation, the more mosquitoes it can conceal.
This is why foundation plantings like shrubs can be a big problem. They sit along the base of your house and hold moisture from irrigation and morning dew, which gives mosquitoes everything they need to be comfortable during the day. The same is true of overgrown yard edges and spaces beneath raised decks.
Knowing where the trouble spots are helps, but treating them is better. Mosquito Squad of Central New Hampshire can help here. Mosquito Squad finds out where mosquitoes rest and breed, and treats accordingly. That way, treatment goes exactly where it needs to and it helps control mosquitoes on a population level. You can expect 85–90% fewer mosquitoes for up to 21 days at a time, with regular re-treatments so you can enjoy relief all season long.
