If you are looking for a way to get mosquitoes out of your yard, you can take action by removing standing water where mosquitoes breed and having a professional mosquito control company treat the foliage where adults rest.
Minnesota has a reputation for mosquitoes, and it’s not an accident of history. It’s the land of 10,000 lakes after all. So if your backyard feels unusable at dusk, it’s not your fault. If anything, it’s geography’s fault.
To start, consider what you can readily change on your own. Standing water lets mosquitoes breed, so the goal is to deny them as much of it as you can. Tip over plant saucers, kids’ toys, and wheelbarrows. Push water off sagging tarps and trash can lids. Clear clogged gutters. It all sounds very small, but then again, so are mosquitoes—they only need a bottle cap of water to breed.
Mosquitoes hide when it’s hot and dry outside. So the next step is to take away the humid and shaded microclimates they need. You can do this by trimming vegetation and keeping the lawn cut short. If you have dense plantings and a mosquito problem, it might help to thin out the landscaping a bit.
This can help, but only up to a point. The Twin Cities is surrounded by lakes and wetlands, and you’ll never be able to drain those. Mosquitoes will drift into your yard no matter how clean you keep it. This is where barrier treatment helps.
Barrier treatment works because it targets places where mosquitoes rest. It goes on foliage and under shaded spots like the underside of decks. When mosquitoes stop during the day, they land on the product, and they are knocked down. It works really well on a population level.
If you’re interested in mosquito control for your backyard, Mosquito Squad of Twin Cities can help. A barrier treatment can be applied that will help protect your yard with up to 90% reduction in mosquito activity, refreshed every 21 days by a trained technician through the swatting season.
