Unfortunately, we’ve seen mosquitoes come into the Morongo Basin and bit our tender, sunburned skin. San Bernardino County’s Mosquito and Vector Control program has released some simple steps you can take to reduce mosquito activity and prevent getting infected by mosquito born diseases like West Nile virus, Zika virus, malaria and dengue.
Our current weather conditions, specifically warm weather following rain, is an ideal breeding ground for mosquitos, and even a bottle-cap worth of water can lead to hundreds of mosquitos in less than a week.
If you’ve got anything in your yard that’s holding water, including plant saucers, buckets, old tires, empty pools, ash trays and even bottle caps, turn them over, drain them, or scrub them to prevent mosquitos from laying eggs and to kill any eggs that may be there…