Prevent Mosquitoes Indoors

Keep mosquitoes out of your home! Invasive Aedes mosquitoes will lay their eggs in as little as 1/4” of water—even inside people’s homes! Dump standing water inside and outside to prevent mosquitoes from biting you inside your home.
 

 

 

Vases and Decorations : Dump out water kept in vases, plant propagation containers, lucky bamboo, or any other containers that can hold water weekly.  Keep indoor fountains running or leave them dry. Mosquito larvae can live in as little as 1/4" of water. 

 

Indoor plants: Dump out any water in house plant saucers weekly. Change out water for plants  that grow in water like lucky bamboo weekly. Do not over water plants. Moist soil can attract fungus gnats—a harmless insect that is  sometimes mistaken for a mosquito.

Things like pet bowls, drains, toilets, un-filtered aquariums, and dirty dishes do not usually breed mosquitoes but can if they are left full of  water for more than a week without being changed or drained.  

 

Make sure your doors and windows are screened so mosquitoes cannot get in. Fix any holes or openings and makes sure to use a fine mesh screen to keep these small mosquitoes out. 


Download and share our Guide to Indoor Sources (pdf)

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Flower vase photo by David Condrey via Pixabay

Indoor potted plants photo by Luis Fernandez Garcia via Wikimedia Commons


Questions?

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  vector@sdcounty.ca.gov