That means that if you have a serious mosquito problem, there is probably standing water close by. Check your yard and property for bottles and cans, water in flower pot dishes, open rain barrels, birdbaths, tree holes, old tires, leaky faucets, clogged rain gutters on your house, and any other container that can hold water. If you find any of the things mentioned above and they are dry, please don't think that you will not have a problem. The female mosquito will lay eggs in areas that are now dry but are likely to fill with water later. After a rain, these areas will fill with water and the mosquito eggs will hatch.
Some mosquitoes can transform from egg to adult mosquito in as little as a week.
If you find any of these breeding places on your property, remove them, or cover them where they will not accept water, or put them away, out of the weather. To manage any real control over the mosquito problem, it will require the efforts of both the Town and individual members of the community. The Town will spray for the adult mosquitoes and the community should rid their property of mosquito breeding grounds, and together we should enjoy a summer with fewer complaints of mosquitoes.