CTVNews.ca speaks with an expert about how best to limit your exposure to mosquitoes, what factors attract them to you, and how to mitigate them.
some provinces have experienced throughout May and June creates the perfect conditions for mosquitoes to reproduce and thrive. So the best chance of limiting your exposure to the flying insect and its bite is to know which factors attract it and how to mitigate them.
During this roughly two-week period, female mosquitoes feed their larval young blood meals taken from humans, mamals, birds and reptiles. Avoiding areas you know will have standing water during the time of year when mosquitoes are active can help limit your exposure. If you can't avoid these places, you can at least be prepared with insect repellants.Mosquitoes don't need much standing water to raise their young. In fact, Gibson said, even a saucer with a few centimetres of water under a plant pot can host mosquito larvae.
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