Yes, mosquito treatments still work when it is hot outside. While sun and heat can shorten how long the treatment is effective, regular re-treatment is enough to offset this.
Summer is hot and dry in North Orange County. So you may wonder: does the heat just cook the mosquito treatment right off the leaves? The answer is no, even though the sheer amount of mosquitoes you might see in summer might make it seem that way.
When it is hot outside, the mosquito life cycle moves faster. Eggs become adults in a shorter period of time, and those adults go on to breed more in any standing water they can find. And it takes very little water—the Aedes species of mosquito common around here can breed in as little as a bottle cap. There are a lot of bottle caps’ worth of water in the irrigation systems that run year-round.
All the heat of summer is enough to push the population to its highest numbers in the middle of the summer. That’s why pest control matters more in the summer than any other time of year.
Mosquito treatment itself keeps working. The technician focuses on the shaded resting spots where mosquitoes shelter from the heat, which also happen to be where the product is most protected from direct sun.
Even with this in mind, it is still true that a lot of sunlight and prolonged high temperatures can accelerate the breakdown of the product. But as is the case in cooler weather, mosquito barrier treatments are regularly refreshed, often every 3 weeks.
With all that in mind, heat makes mosquitoes worse and it makes treatment more necessary. In much the same way with mild weather, re-treatment is part of what keeps the mosquito population in check.
If you're tired of writing off your summer yard to the heat and the bugs, Mosquito Squad of North Orange County can help. Mosquito Squad runs a recurring barrier built for hot California summers, helping protect your yard with up to 90% reduction in mosquito activity on a 21-day cycle.
