Mosquito control
Mosquitoes need standing water to develop. Around Phoenix Valley homes, that water often comes from irrigation, monsoon rain, plant saucers, clogged gutters, and containers that stay wet for several days. Adults then rest in shade, shrubs, and covered patios.
Find the water, then treat the resting spots.
A mosquito lays eggs on or near water. The larvae stay in that water until they emerge as adults. In the Phoenix Valley, summer heat speeds that up, and monsoon storms plus irrigation can create new water that was not there a week earlier.
You will usually notice the adults at dawn and dusk, in the shade, and on patios that stay damp. Treating only the insects you can see leaves the next hatch in the water.
A visit is a walk of the yard. The steps below are the usual order. What happens on a property depends on the water and resting spots that are actually there.
Saucers, low spots, gutters, drip trays, unused containers, and irrigation that keeps a puddle wet.
Water that does not need to stay is dumped or drained. Water that has to stay, such as a fountain, is noted.
Breeding sites that cannot be emptied can be treated. That can include larvicide stations in the yard, the same kind of station shown on our home page. Adults resting in vegetation and covered areas can be treated on the same visit.
You should leave knowing which spots were treated and which water sources are worth checking after the next rain or irrigation cycle.
These steps do not replace a visit when mosquitoes are already active. They give the next hatch fewer places to start.
Mosquito visits follow the cities on our service areas page: Maricopa County, desert communities, and Pinal County.
Rain and irrigation leave water sitting in places that were dry. That water is where the next adults develop. A visit looks for those spots, not only the mosquitoes already flying.
No visit can promise that. Mosquitoes fly in from nearby water, and new water shows up after rain. The visit treats the water and resting areas on your property and points out what to keep empty.
Where you notice them, the time of day, and whether you have a pool, fountain, or irrigation. Call (602) 600-6746 or send a message with the form on this page.
Call (602) 600-6746 or send a message and tell us where you are seeing mosquitoes.
No time for a phone call? Tell Olly, and we'll get back to you ASAP via text.
