F.A.Q.

Insects are cold-blooded, so their activity is tied to temperature. With spring comes warmer weather, which heats up the soil and air they live in.

Dusk is the perfect time for mosquitoes to find a blood meal because the wind dies down, humidity rises, UV light fades, and temperatures cool.

Mosquitoes can fly in from neighboring properties, breed in water sources you haven't noticed, and rest in your yard's vegetation even if they didn't breed there.

Rain knocks mosquitoes out of the air temporarily, but within days it makes the problem worse by creating new standing water where mosquitoes breed.

Yes, more rainfall leads to more standing water, which mosquitoes use to breed. If mosquitoes are able to breed more in the spring, their population numbers will be much higher throughout the months to follow.

Mosquitoes need to rest in shaded, humid areas during the hottest parts of the day. This is why you often see mosquitoes hiding under decks, along property borders, in overgrown garden beds, and near standing water sources.