If you are bothered by mosquitoes, flies, or rats, call the Vector Control District. A trained vector control technician will come to your home, locate the problem, and decide what is the best and safest way to solve it. The solution may be as simple as trimming ivy or picking oranges in your backyard to prevent roof rats, or adding fish to a pond to prevent mosquitoes. You can help to control disease-carrying vectors in Orange County by looking for vectors and their hideouts. All mosquitoes must have water to complete their life cycle.
Mosquitoes can carry disease such as encephalitis and malaria.
Mosquito fish are also provided free of charge from the Vector Control District to help keep mosquitoes under control. Insecticides used to control mosquitoes in Orange County. Some flies can transmit disease by contaminating human food. The trash can is the source of most fly problems around the home. These problems can be prevented by using good cleaning habits.