Dispose cans, plastic containers, ceramic pots or similar water-holding containers.

Empty standing water from used or discarded tires that may have accumulated on your property.

Drill holes in the bottom of recycling containers that are left out of doors.

Clean clogged roof gutters on an annual basis, particularly if the leaves from surrounding trees have a tendency to plug up the drains.

Turn over plastic wading pools when not in use. A wading pool becomes a mosquito producer if it is not used on a regular basis.

Do not allow water to stagnate in bird baths or wading pools. Change the water weekly.

Aerate ornamental pools or stock with fish.

Clean and chlorinate swimming pools that are not being used. Be aware that mosquitoes may even breed in the water that collects on swimming pool covers.