Mosquitoes In Attic

Typically used as a storage room rather than as a family gathering place the lack of activity in this part of the house makes attics the perfect shelter for pests and rodents.

Mosquitoes in attic.

The last time i checked mosquitoes aren t able to fly part way and then go aquatic to swim through the trap then dry off their wings and fly again like little mini winged jason bourne s. The attic provides a safe and relatively secure home for outside invaders. A mosquito that spends their winter someplace warm such as a garage attic or culvert could for instance live for up to six months. Mosquitoes can also come through the vents of air conditioners and inside your house.

The goal is simply to lay eggs and grow them into larvae. These are diseases such as zika virus malaria and rift valley fever. This is why we humans put in such concerted efforts to basically wipe them out. Mosquitoes are one of the worst creatures humans deal with.

Mosquito removal from the attic is a crucial. My understanding when i moved to southern california nearly 20 years ago was that in addition to perpetual sunshine palm trees movie stars and mexican food there would be no mosquitoes. Even with their short lifespans mosquitoes can quickly become a problem because of their rapid reproduction cycle and the fact that a single female can lay as many as 300 eggs at once. They are insanely annoying and aid generously in the transmission of diseases.