How to Prevent the Dengue Mosquito From Breeding

The Aedes aegypti, commonly known as the yellow fever mosquito, causes dengue fever as well as the more lethal infection, dengue hemorrhagic fever. Like dengue fever, early symptoms for dengue hemorrhagic fever materialize as fever, headache, nausea, vomiting and body aches. The infection's later stages include bleeding from the nose and mouth, sleepiness and shock that can lead to death. To successfully prevent the breeding of the Aedes aegypti female, dwellings that are conducive to breeding should be terminated. Eggs can develop around your home, usually in water containers. It can take up to 10 days for larvae to develop into adults.

Things You'll Need

• BTI Briquets
• Scrub brush
• Soap

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Instructions

• 1

  Overturn containers that collect water, as recommended by the National Environment Agency. Avoid allowing water to accumulate in outdoor containers.

• 2

  Kill larvae before they become adults.

  Use BTI Briquets for outdoor applications to kill mosquito larvae, recommends the Armed Forces Pest Management Board. The briquets contain Bacillus thuringiensis, an incecticide. Place the BTI Briquets in bird baths, ponds and other areas where water can't be changed on a daily basis.

• 3

  Avoid stagnant water in your flowering pots.

  Clean the water in your flower pots. Avoid letting the water stagnate, to prevent the female from laying her eggs. Occasionally stir the soil in your plotted plants to keep water from sitting on the surface. Cleanse any flower pot plates with a scrub brush to remove any potential eggs.

• 4

  Don't develop breeding grounds.

  Clear debris from your roof gutters. Leaves and twigs in your gutter can allow water to accumulate, creating an optimal breeding ground for the female.

• 5

  Remove sources of breeding grounds.

  Remove any clutter than can hold water, says The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture. Items can include buckets and tires.

• 6

  Take precaution indoors.

  Change the water in your vases daily. Rinse the roots of your flowers underneath running water to remove eggs. Wash the inside of your vase thoroughly after use.