Keep your place mozzie-free - English - HE9018-ENG
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Mosquitoes can breed in very small amounts of water. Stop them by emptying water or preventing it pooling around your house.
- Turn over, cover or store items that hold water
- Empty water from tyres, swings, buckets and pot plant trays
- Close windows and doors. Use fans, aircon or repellent plug-ins
- Clear blocked gutters and drains, cover or screen rain-tanks or sewage vents
- Keep tarps flat to stop water pooling
- Use DEET based insect repellent and wear long sleeved clothes and long pants to prevent bites
Removing mosquito breeding places:
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stops disease-carrying mosquitoes establishing here
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reduces local mosquitoes that bug your family.