Take special care to cover up the arms and legs of children playing outdoors. When you bring a baby outdoors, cover the baby s carriage or playpen with mosquito netting. To reduce mosquito populations around your home and neighborhood, get rid of any standing water that is available for mosquito breeding. Mosquitoes will breed in any puddle or standing water that lasts for more than four days. Pay special attention to discarded tires that may have collected on your property.
Tires are a common place for mosquitoes to breed.
Drill holes in the bottom of recycling containers that are left outdoors, to let water drain out. Turn over plastic wading pools and wheelbarrows when not in use. Use landscaping to eliminate standing water that collects on your property.