Fight The Bite

Dress in long sleeves and pants

When enjoying the outdoors, choose to wear long sleeves and pants to discourage mosquitoes and ticks from biting.

Wear Insect Repellent

Use an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-registered insect repellent with one of these active ingredients: DEET, Picaridin, IR3535, Oil of Lemon Eucalyptus (OLE), Para-menthane-dio-PMD or 2-undecanone.

Drain Standing Water

Drain anything in your yard that collects water or allows water to stand. Mosquitoes only need a small amount of water to breed. 

Prepare Your Home

Mosquitoes will bite any time of the day. Be sure to check and repair screens on doors/windows and keep them closed as much as possbile.

Protect Yourself.

Take precautions when outdoors to protect yourself and your family from mosquito-borne and tick-borne illnesses.
Fight the Bite!  

Protect
Yourself.

Take precautions when outdoors to protect yourself and your family from mosquito-borne and tick-borne illnesses. Fight the Bite!  

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