If adult mosquitoes are present in high weeds along the edge of a yard, that location can be sprayed with an appropriately labeled insecticide. Be sure screens in homes and buildings are intact and tight-fitting to prevent entry of mosquitoes. Use a flyswatter or household spray to kill mosquitoes, flies or other insects that get into buildings. Some mosquito control methods are not very effective. Various birds and bats will eat mosquitoes, but there is little scientific evidence that this reduces mosquitoes around homes.
Some communities conduct community-wide mosquito abatement programs.
Whenever possible, the primary effort of such programs should be identification of mosquito-breeding sites, followed by removal or treatment of these sites with an insecticide used for control of mosquito larvae. Apply repellents to clothing rather than to skin whenever possible.