Tired of struggling with mosquitoes in your backyard? The Mosquito Guy is proud to offer affordable, effective mosquito, flea and tick control solutions for both residential and commercial clients in Long Island so “we make outside fun again”.

As an experienced outdoor pest control service, The Mosquito Guy features a variety of mosquito control services, including a natural option, perfect for transforming your yard into a peaceful place for you and your family. Our most popular treatment is a mosquito Barrier Spray treatment that protects your yard for up to three weeks at a time. We also offer a natural mosquito control options that repel mosquitoes for 14 to 21 days.

This is the time of year when Long Islanders are focusing on the traditional activities of summer, including an increase in time spent outdoors for everything from barbecues to hiking to athletic events and days at the beach. Every summer, The Mosquito Guy receives thousands of calls about mosquito problems across Long Island neighborhoods. In recent years the mosquitos turn out to be Tiger mosquitos, often found in containers of water on or near residents’ property. Tiger mosquito larva can complete its development into an adult biting mosquito in as little as a tablespoon of water. Tiger mosquito activity increased by 220% between 2010-2012 in Nassau and Suffolk counties, based on figures from both county health departments. Tiger mosquitos are only active during daylight hours, but generally avoid open sunlight. This is a particular problem in neighborhoods that have a lot of shade where the mosquitos usually inhabit the foliage of a bush or shrub, waiting for a person or animal to walk by. Unlike other mosquito species, they are more likely to bite a person on the ankles, and the back sides of arms and legs. Tiger mosquitos are a potential health threat because they can transmit diseases that include West Nile virus and Eastern equine encephalitis.

Culex mosquitos are painful and persistent biters also, but prefer to attack at dusk and after dark, and readily enter dwellings for blood meals. Domestic and wild birds are preferred over man, cows, and horses. Culex mosquitos are generally weak fliers and do not move far from home, although they have been known to fly up to two miles. Culex usually lives only a few weeks during the summer months. Those females, which emerge in late summer search for sheltered areas where they “hibernate” until spring. Warm weather brings her out in search of water on which to lay her eggs. Reducing breeding sites of mosquitos around your home will help protect your family from mosquito-borne diseases.