Tips to Enjoy Your Pasadena Backyard Without Mosquitoes

Tips to Enjoy Your Backyard in Pasadena Without Mosquitoes

Pasadena is designed for outdoor experiences. Its weather cooperates year-round, the neighborhoods are lush and beautiful, and most homes have outdoor spaces worth spending time in. It’s a unique, pleasant place to be. 

The problem is that the same conditions are what make Pasadena the perfect mosquito long-term destination. It’s one of the most challenging areas in SoCal to keep mosquitoes under control, and it’s why Mosquito Squad of Pasadena exists. Between the invasive Aedes mosquitoes that bite you all day and Culex species that are active at dusk and dawn—you never have a mosquito-less day. 

But, this doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice your patio. With the right combination of professional treatment and a few practical, smart habits, you can still have your yard (without all the buzzing and biting). 

Schedule a Professional Barrier Treatment

If you just do one thing, let it be scheduling a professional barrier treatment. Nothing else on this list will come close to protecting your yard as much as this. Treatment reduces mosquito populations on your property by up to 90% and holds for 21 days per application. Every other tip out there works better if it’s layered on top of a treated yard. Every treatment builds on the last, so with every treatment you get to worry less and less about mosquitoes ruining your next event. 

And get this: you can even spray for one-time outdoor occasions. A graduation party, summer barbecue, or backyard wedding are all special events worth protecting from mosquitoes. A targeted treatment timed before your event can make a dramatic difference! Your guests will thank you. 

Remove What Attracts Mosquitoes

Mosquitoes only need a bottle cap’s worth of water to breed. And most Pasadena yards are unintentionally providing this (and other things) without you even realizing it. 

Walk your property and look for standing water in: 

• Planters
• Clogged gutters
• Fountains
• Pool/jacuzzi covers
• Low spots in the lawn

And while you’re out there, trim dense vegetation away from seating areas and outdoor living spaces like patios and decks. Mosquitoes love to rest in shaded, humid areas in the heat of the day, waiting and gaining energy to bite, breed, and bother you. They’ll cluster around these areas and make it hard to relax. 

Remember: eliminating these sources reduces both mosquitoes on your property and new ones that establish themselves between treatment visits.

Make Your Outdoor Spaces Less Desirable For Mosquitoes

Once you’ve taken care of the standing water and vegetation, there are a few small tweaks you can make to your outdoor spaces (and they make a meaningful difference). 

• Run fans wherever you can. Mosquitoes are weak fliers (meaning they struggle to move in any kind of airflow). Install fans on your patio or plug one in whenever you go outside. Position them to create cross-coverage over the areas where people often sit. 
• Swap out your exterior light for yellow or amber bug lights. Standard white lights attract mosquitoes (and other insects) and there they gather, waiting to feed. Reducing this insect activity around your home cuts off one of their beloved sources. Take it from them. 
• Wear light-colored clothing. Mosquitoes love dark colors, which retain heat and make their victims easier to locate. 
• Install a pergola or screened porch, if you’re looking for a more permanent solution. It creates a dedicated outdoor living space that gives you that outside feeling without full exposure to mosquitoes (or other pests). This is especially great for warmer, higher-pressure months. 

Pasadena is meant for an outdoor lifestyle. Don’t let mosquitoes take that away from you! Call Mosquito Squad of Pasadena at (213) 238-5564 or contact us online for a free quote.