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<\/a>Kerry Sanders from NBC’s Today Show\u00a0was in Lehigh Acres\u00a0this morning\u00a0to\u00a0remind people mosquito season has started.<\/p>\nThe summer of 2012 is being predicted by health officials as one of the worst seasons in history for mosquitoes.
\nAs mosquito season kicks into gear, Lee County staffers are attempting to track and treat the population while offering tips to keep levels down.<\/p>\n
By practicing good mosquito and tick control habits, homeowners can protect themselves, their families and pets from potentially serious illnesses.<\/p>\n
The 5Ts to Take Back Yards from Mosquitoes\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Tip. Reduce standing water. Check children’s sandboxes, wagons or plastic toys; downspouts, plant saucers and dog bowls. Other hot spots: gutters, and flat roofs.<\/p>\n 2. Toss. Remove excess grass, leaves, firewood and clippings from yards.<\/p>\n 3. Turn. Turn over larger yard items that could hold water like children’s plastic toys.<\/p>\n 4. Remove Tarps. If tarps stretched over firewood piles, boats or sports equipment aren’t taut, they’re holding water.<\/p>\n 5. Treat. Utilize a mosquito elimination barrier treatment around the home and yard. Using a barrier treatment at home reduces the need for using DEET-containing bug spray on the body. Mosquito Squad’s eliminates up to 90% of the mosquitoes and ticks on a property. Kerry Sanders from NBC’s Today Show\u00a0was in Lehigh Acres\u00a0this morning\u00a0to\u00a0remind people mosquito season has started. The summer of 2012 is being predicted by health officials as one of the worst… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8647"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8647\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTo report a need for service, contact 694-2174 – 24 hours a day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"