Protect Your Property
What you can do as a homeowner to control mosquitoes:
- Empty or clean out all water-holding containers in
your yard (bird baths, tires, cans, rain barrels, wading pools) - 1 small can
of water can hold as many as 10,000 mosquito larvae.
- Keep your gutters cleaned.
- Keep ornamental ponds free of weeds, cattails, or
other aquatic vegetation.
- Introduce mosquito-eating fish into ornamental ponds. Contact Colorado
Mosquito Control (CMC) at 303-558-8730 to obtain fish for
your pond(s).
Adult mosquitoes are most active
at dawn and for about an hour after dusk. Plan outdoor activities during
warmer daylight hours or later in the evening to avoid adult biting
mosquitoes.
- Keep your lawn mowed as short as possible.
- Cut back dense vegetation surrounding your yard; this
is where mosquitoes hide during the day.
- Keep ornamental shrubs and bushes pruned to allow
more light and air to flow through them.
Farmers and agricultural landowners:
- Keep irrigation ditches free-flowing and clear of
vegetation and debris.
- Repair ditches to reduce seepage.
- Minimize standing water to less than four (4) days in
fields.
- Fill tire ruts and hoofprints to avoid puddles.
- Keep horse and cattle troughs clean by changing the
water weekly.
- Vaccinate horses for Western Equine Encephalitis.
- Report standing water to CMC at 303-558-8730.
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