As the heat rises during the summer months, the mosquito season reaches its peak. The warm temperature is ideal to hasten their life cycle, which means more mosquitoes are laying eggs and more eggs are hatching. Apart from the annoyance and itch, mosquitoes bring with them the threat of serious diseases like malaria and dengue fever.
As female mosquitoes hop from one host to another, sinking their needle-like stinger to suck blood which they need to get protein to nourish their eggs, they transmit germs and viruses of diseases any host might be carrying. Mosquito bites can also cause severe reactions that may have to be treated with anti-allergy medicine.
May it be salty or fresh; in your gardens, driveways, roads, gutters, and ditches — make sure these pools of water are cleaned up because that’s where mosquitoes will lay their eggs and hatch. Mosquitoes will sniff outstanding water even if it is a small puddle under plant pots, tanks, birdbaths, inside tires and under dripping air conditioners. Keeping yourself safe may even mean being vigilant enough to fill up any holes in the ground near your home where water might collect.
Cover yourself: It may be sweltering hot but make sure you and your family wear long-sleeved, loose cotton and lawn clothes especially if it involves an outing after dark in an open-air space like parks, beaches or roadsides.
