{"id":748,"date":"2023-10-06T10:14:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T14:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citrusmosquito.org\/ww2\/?page_id=748"},"modified":"2023-10-27T10:24:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T14:24:32","slug":"fight-the-bite","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/citrusmosquito.org\/ww2\/fight-the-bite\/","title":{"rendered":"Fight The Bite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\nMosquito Biology\n<p style=\"text-align: center; \"><font color=\"#ffffff\" style=\"font-size: large;\">Mosquitoes spend most of their lives in the water during their immature stages before they metamorphosize into adult mosquitoes.&nbsp;They are much easier to control while they are in the water. By taking some of the simple steps listed below, you can reduce mosquito populations around your home.<\/font><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Touch or hover over the images below.<\/p>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center; \"><font color=\"#ffffff\"><span style=\"font-size: 30px; font-weight:900 !important\">Dump and drain<br>standing water<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; padding: 15px; \"><font color=\"#ffffff\"><span style=\"font-size: 30px; font-weight:900 !important\">Remove debris from gutters that might prevent water flow<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center; \"><font color=\"#ffffff\"><span style=\"font-size: 30px;\"><strong>Flush out bromeliads every few days<\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; padding: 15px; \"><font color=\"#ffffff\"><span style=\"font-size: 30px; font-weight:900 !important\">Stock mosquito fish in man-made ponds and green pools<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center; padding: 15px; \"><font color=\"#ffffff\"><span style=\"font-size: 30px; font-weight:900 !important\">Scrub and flush out bird baths every few days<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; padding: 15px; \"><font color=\"#ffffff\"><span style=\"font-size: 30px; font-weight:900 !important\">Keep toys and plastic pools turned over so they don&#8217;t collect water<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFight The Bite\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Touch or hover over the images below for tips on preventing mosquito bites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center; padding: 15px; \"><font color=\"#ffffff\"><span style=\"font-size: 30px; font-weight:900 !important\">Wear an EPA approved repellent<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; padding: 15px; \"><font color=\"#ffffff\"><span style=\"font-size: 30px; font-weight:900 !important\">Replace torn window and door screens<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center; padding: 15px; \"><font color=\"#ffffff\"><span style=\"font-size: 30px; font-weight:900 !important\">Avoid evening dusk hours when mosquitoes are active<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; padding: 15px; \"><font color=\"#ffffff\"><span style=\"font-size: 30px; font-weight:900 !important\">Wear long sleeves and pants while outside<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center; padding: 15px; \"><font color=\"#ffffff\"><span style=\"font-size: 30px; font-weight:900 !important\">Avoid early morning dawn hours when mosquitoes are active<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; padding: 15px; \"><font color=\"#ffffff\"><span style=\"font-size: 30px; font-weight:900 !important\">Let us know you have a mosquito problem and we can help<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-748","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citrusmosquito.org\/ww2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citrusmosquito.org\/ww2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citrusmosquito.org\/ww2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citrusmosquito.org\/ww2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citrusmosquito.org\/ww2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=748"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/citrusmosquito.org\/ww2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1104,"href":"https:\/\/citrusmosquito.org\/ww2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/748\/revisions\/1104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citrusmosquito.org\/ww2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}