Our plants and flowers love a good, heavy Texas rain, but so do mosquitoes. Understanding why mosquitoes thrive after a downpour is key to taking back your yard.
Mosquitoes need some kind of standing water to lay their eggs and a heavy rain creates numerous breeding sites. Low-lying areas become temporary pools, clogged gutters can hold water, and even children’s playhouses, and toys can trap water. One female mosquito can lay 300 eggs in just a teaspoon of water so it’s no surprise that mosquito populations increase exponentially after a heavy soaking.
These ideal habitats for mosquito eggs will lead to larvae hatching within days. Those larvae develop in the water for about a week before emerging as adult mosquitoes and we can see an exponential increase in the local mosquito population following significant rainfall in College Station. More mosquitoes means less pleasant evenings in your yard or patio and makes walks near Wolf Pen Creek Park unpleasant.
Proactive measures are crucial to controlling mosquitoes. That’s why our service professionals will always make sure to check for standing water on your property and if it’s something they can’t “tip and turn” they will treat it with a larvicide. Our service professionals will then apply a barrier treatment that will help you reclaim your yard and make outside fun again!
We love our bees and other pollinators and are extremely proud of our Gold Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program Rating (PESP) by the EPA.
Call us today for a free quote and say goodbye to those pesky mosquitoes! Whether you live near Lick Creek Park, the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library or anywhere in the Bryan-College Station area. Mosquito Joe of S Brazos Valley is here to help you reclaim your yard and make outside FUN again.
