Mosquito control is a barrier treatment applied to your yard, targeting the vegetation, shaded areas, and standing water where mosquitoes rest and breed, typically repeated every few weeks throughout the season to keep populations down rather than relying on a single spray.
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Service Overview
The Salt Lake Valley’s hot summers, widespread residential irrigation, and proximity to wetland areas near the Great Salt Lake combine to create ideal mosquito breeding conditions. The season generally runs from May through September, with activity peaking in July and August. Irrigation canals, backyard ponds, gutters, and anything else holding standing water for more than a few days can support multiple breeding cycles a month, which is part of why mosquito populations can rebound quickly even after a yard has been treated.
How Our Mosquito Control Process Works
1. Property inspection
We walk the yard to identify standing water, dense vegetation, shaded resting areas, and any other conditions that are drawing mosquitoes to the property.
2. Barrier treatment
Shrubs, tall grass, and shaded areas around the yard are treated with a residual product that targets adult mosquitoes resting during the heat of the day, reducing activity for several weeks per application.
3. Larvicide application
Standing water that can't be drained, ornamental ponds, low spots, or water features, is treated with larvicide to stop mosquito larvae from developing into biting adults in the first place.
4. Recurring service
Since mosquitoes reproduce quickly in warm weather, most yards are treated on a recurring schedule, roughly every three weeks, throughout the active season rather than as a single visit.
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West Nile Virus and Why Mosquito Control Matters Locally
West Nile virus has been confirmed in mosquito samples across Salt Lake County in recent seasons, and Culex mosquitoes are the species most responsible for spreading it locally. Most people bitten by an infected mosquito never develop symptoms, but some experience headaches, body aches, joint pain, or more serious neurological illness, and people over fifty or with weakened immune systems face the highest risk. Since there's no way to tell which mosquitoes are carrying the virus just by looking at them, reducing overall mosquito activity around your home is one of the most effective ways to lower your risk during the active season.
Finding and Removing Standing Water
Because mosquitoes can complete their breeding cycle in a surprisingly small amount of standing water, checking your yard regularly matters just as much as professional treatment. Common overlooked sources include old tires, potted plant trays, pet water dishes, children's toys left outside, clogged gutters, and low spots in the yard that collect water after irrigation or rain. Draining or removing these sources every few days breaks the mosquito life cycle before eggs can hatch into biting adults.
Personal Protection During Mosquito Season
Use an EPA registered repellent containing DEET, picaridin, IR3535, permethrin, or oil of lemon eucalyptus when spending time outdoors, particularly from dusk to dawn when Culex mosquitoes are most active.
Wear long sleeves and pants during peak activity hours if you’re going to be outside for an extended time.
Keep door and window screens in good repair so mosquitoes can’t get inside the house.Stock ornamental ponds with mosquito eating fish or use mosquito dunks to control larvae without harming other wildlife.
Most Salt Lake City yards are treated roughly every three weeks throughout the active season, from around May through September, since barrier treatments lose effectiveness over time and mosquito populations can rebuild quickly in warm weather.
Yes. Since Culex mosquitoes are the primary local carrier of West Nile virus, reducing the adult mosquito population around your property through barrier treatment and eliminating breeding sites lowers your overall exposure risk during the season.
Store bought sprays and foggers typically only affect mosquitoes present at the moment of application and lose effectiveness within hours, while breeding sites left untreated continue producing new mosquitoes every week. Professional treatment addresses both the adult population and the breeding source together.
Yes. Products used in professional mosquito control are EPA registered and applied to vegetation and resting areas rather than open play spaces, with treated areas safe to use again once dry.
Culex mosquitoes, the species most linked to West Nile virus locally, are most active during dusk and dawn, which is why extra precaution during those hours matters even with a treated yard.
Removing standing water and using repellent helps, but yards near irrigation canals, ponds, or low lying areas typically need barrier treatment to meaningfully reduce mosquito activity, since breeding sources are often larger or less obvious than what a homeowner can fully address alone.
Frequently asked questions
Have questions about our pest control services? We’ve answered the most common questions to help you make an informed decision with confidence.