Why You Should Choose a Mosquito Exterminator

While many try home remedies for mosquitoes, most are ineffective at best, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't do everything possible to eliminate their habitats and breeding grounds. Choosing a mosquito exterminator is the best way to ensure your yard isn't infested with these biting, disease-carrying insects. At IPM Pest and Termite in Lexington, KY, we'll help you identify and solve problem areas, so mosquitos don't come back once we’ve exterminated them.

Breeding Habits of Mosquitos

One of the best things you can do to eliminate mosquitoes is to eliminate standing water. Female mosquitos lay about 300 eggs simultaneously, preferring the water's surface to any other habitat for laying eggs. The second time, they'll lay them on something floating on the water, and the third time, away from the water where it's dry but near enough that water could still rise and flood them. A mosquito’s eggs can last through winter and through dry spells for several months, but they're ready to hatch when the water rises.

Why Don't Home Remedies for Mosquitos Work?

Mosquitos hide in the landscape, including bushes and waterways around your home. They will find standing water where the hose leaks, where the firepit creates a puddle, near an old pond or fountain, or around a birdbath, and they will come out in full force. In fact, if your neighbors have any of these features, you'll find mosquitos in your yard because mosquitos don't care about property boundaries.

Using candles, bug zappers, nets, and neem oil can be helpful for a short time, but they don't tackle the problem. Creating a barrier with strongly scented essential oils or putting products on your skin can keep mosquitos at bay for a few hours, but then these protective barriers needs to be re-applied. Bug zappers are just as likely to get spiders and bumble bees as mosquitos, doing as much harm as good.

Choosing A Mosquito Exterminator Near Lexington, KY

Instead of the back-and-forth struggle of just trying to keep mosquitos away, eliminate them where they nest. Mosquitos are little disease vectors, so even though they're best known for their stinging bite, they're not worth messing around with. When you contact IPM Pest and Termite, we'll conduct an inspection. We'll walk around your yard, identify problem areas, and develop solutions that work for you and your family. Some of the things we do include:

• Treating shrubs and trees
• Treating standing water, ponds, and ditches
• Placing growth regulators in ponds or fountains

Contact Us for Mosquito Extermination

Hiring a mosquito exterminator is the best way to enjoy a yard free from mosquitoes. Our team at IPM Pest and Termite in Lexington, KY will prevent existing mosquito larvae and pupae from reaching adulthood, eliminate places on your property for adult females to lay eggs, and make your yard an undesirable place for them to be. That's way more than any home remedies for mosquitos can do!

You can even get on our treatment plan to keep your yard pest-free all season.

Call us at (859) 340-1403 or fill out our online contact form if you have any questions or want to get started with a free quote.

We are proud to serve the greater Lexington, KY, area, including Nicholasville, Versailles, Georgetown, Richmond, and Winchester, KY. We look forward to working with you!