Mosquitoes Higher Floors

If you think that by living on the fourth or higher floor you ll be safe from mosquitoes you re wrong.

Mosquitoes higher floors. Keep your yard trim and tidy. Mosquitoes like to rest and settle in areas that are cool damp and dark. In general mosquitoes that bite humans prefer to fly at heights of less than 25 feet. However mosquitoes are found breeding in tree holes 50 feet above ground.

This follows the same principle as an indoor fan but you probably have room for a larger higher power fan in your yard than in your living room. Height is not an issue for mosquitoes. The agency also released the wolbachia mosquitoes at higher floors as only 6 per cent of the adult male wolbachia carrying mosquitoes released at the ground floor were later found on the ninth. Manicure your lawn trim trees and shrubs and make sure your grass isn t getting too tall.

Whether this will produce a noticeable reduction in the mosquito population in each case will depend upon a number of factors e g. Individual tolerance level absolute mosquito population size proximity size and type of breeding habitat producing re infestation wind velocity and direction and species of mosquito present and others. Don t you see mosquitoes in high rise buildings.