Thats right you read the title correctly there are cheap mosquito and tick control problem solving alternatives. Lets go over a few in detail before you hire a pest control professional to rid your yard of these vector insects. First you need to inspect your entire property for standing water. What your looking for is water that is hanging around for four or more days. This is just enough time for mosquitoes to go from egg to adult. Mosquitoes only need water and warm days and nights to go from egg to adult in as little as 4 days. Look at tarps covering items in your yard,flower pots, kids toys, used tires, gutters and down spouts. Please don’t forget the tubing to rid water away from your down spouts. Also some yards hold water in low lying areas or divets. All of these areas need to be monitored on a weekly basis. If water can not be drained off a pest professional will have ways to treat them cheaply and effectively.
Ticks are in need of just soil temperatures to reach 45 degrees Fahrenheit to become active,once active they begin laying eggs. To reduce their populations in you yard. Make sure you rake up all leaves especially around your properties edges. Keep all brush picked up and discard off your property. Just these few steps will reduce your tick population. Ticks lay there eggs in the Spring thru early Summer and again in the Fall. Did you know all ticks only travel 3 meters from where there hatched during there entire life? The lone star tick will travel 10 meters during there life time.
After you have achieved these few steps above now its time to call in Mosquito Enemy with there team of licensed and trained professionals to help with further enhancing your yards mosquito and tick free status.
