You may sometimes find yourself wondering why there seems to be an influx of mosquitoes into your yard, or notice certain days that you are getting a lot more bites than usual. Generally speaking, mosquito activity in coastal bound areas rise and fall with tide and rain events.

Why? It all has to do with mosquito eggs! Mosquitoes lay thousands of eggs either on damp soil in areas where the eggs will most likely be submerged in pooled still water or small floating egg 'rafts' on top of pooled water. When the conditions are right or the eggs are completely submerged, it allows the mosquito larvae to hatch out into the water and develop into the blood sucking pest which is the adult mosquito. The spots which mosquitoes favor to lay their eggs are places that are consistently inundated with either salt or fresh water, if the water has no way of escaping, it creates a pooling stagnated effect and a perfect environment for the mosquito larvae to develop.

FACTS ABOUT MOSQUITOS

• Adult mosquitoes live indoors and outdoors.
• Mosquitoes can bite day and night.
• Adult mosquitoes live for about 2 to 4 weeks depending on the species, humidity, temperature, and other factors. Female mosquitoes often live longer than male mosquitoes.
• Only female mosquitoes bite people and animals to get a blood meal. Female mosquitoes need a blood meal to produce eggs.
• Mosquitoes get infected with germs, such as viruses and parasites, when they bite infected people and animals.
• It takes just a few infected mosquitoes to start an outbreak in a community and put you and your family at risk of becoming sick.