The following is a list of guidelines you can employ to keep mosquitoes from breeding on your property: 

• Aerate ornamental ponds or avoid letting water stagnate. Change water in birdbaths, fountains, and animal troughs at least once per week.

• Clean clogged rain gutters and storm drains. Keep outdoor drains flowing freely and clear of leaves, vegetation, and other debris.

• Consider spraying vegetation and lawns with a barrier spray (available through your hardware store) to minimize mosquitoes.

• Control plant growth in ponds, ditches, and shallow wetlands.

• Design facilities and water conveyance and/or holding structures to minimize the potential for producing mosquitoes.

• Eliminate artificial mosquito sources. Dispose of unwanted or unused artificial containers. Examine outdoor areas and drain temporary and unnecessary water that may stand longer than 96 hours.

• Ensure man-made temporary sources of surface water drain within four days (96 hours) to prevent development of adult mosquitoes.

• If possible, drill drainage holes, cover, or invert any container or object that holds standing water that must remain outdoors. Be sure to check for containers or trash in places that may be hard to see, such as under bushes or buildings.

• Minimize sites mosquitoes can use for refuge by thinning branches, trimming, and pruning ornamental shrubs and bushes, and keeping grass mowed short.

• Properly dispose of old tires.

• Clean stock tanks as often as possible. They are a common breeding area if they are allowed to collect debris.

• Regularly chlorinate swimming pools and keep pumps and filters operating. Unused or unwanted pools should be kept empty and dry, or buried. 

• Use personal protective measures to prevent mosquito bites.