Why Is Mosquito Control Important in Middle Georgia?

May 30, 2025

Mosquito season is off to an early—and intense—start in Middle Georgia, making mosquito control more important than ever. Why is mosquito control vital? It protects your family against mosquito-borne illnesses and allergic reactions and safeguards pets from deadly heartworms. Beyond health, effective mosquito control also restores comfort and usability to your outdoor spaces. With expert strategies and professional treatments, National Exterminating helps you reclaim your yard and enjoy summer safely.

The first day of summer is still a couple of weeks off, but one summertime pest has already been working overdrive: the common mosquito.

2025 is shaping up to be a record-setting year for mosquitos, with nearly every mosquito report from Georgia reporting elevated activity, thanks to a reasonably wet winter. But you didn’t need the reports to know that – if you’ve been spending any time outdoors in the last month or two, you’ve already noticed that the annoying pests are literally out for blood this year.

Fortunately, you don’t have to suffer. Your local Middle Georgia pest control team has mosquito control solutions that can significantly reduce the number of mosquitos patrolling your yard, which is good for your health, your peace of mind, and your enjoyment of your own home.

Why is mosquito control important in Middle Georgia? Let the mosquito experts from National Exterminating share just a few reasons.

Mosquito Control Helps Keep Your Family Healthy

What’s the most dangerous animal in the world? It’s not the great white shark or the tiger – it’s the common, everyday mosquito.

When the US took over the construction of the Panama Canal in 1904, the project had been running for more than 20 years with minimal progress, simply because the workforce was continually stricken with yellow fever and malaria. On the US’s entry into the project, one of the first orders of business was to eliminate mosquito populations.

With the mosquito populations controlled and workers able to continue in healthier conditions, the project was finished in just ten years.

Mosquito-Borne Illnesses

While malaria and yellow fever aren’t common illnesses in Middle Georgia, there are still plenty of pathogens that our local mosquitos can pick up and carry, including:

West Nile virus
Eastern equine encephalitis
La Cross encephalitis
Louis encephalitis

All of these conditions can be completely harmless in some individuals, while causing severe illness, long-term disability, or even death in others. In any case, getting the mosquitos out of your yard will greatly reduce your risk of developing one of these or another mosquito-borne disease.

Mosquito Allergies

In addition to the bloodborne diseases mosquitos can carry, they’re also dangerous for some people even if they’re not infected with West Nile or encephalitis. Individuals who have an allergy to insect bites can suffer effects ranging from widespread, itchy rashes to severe reactions such as anaphylactic shock.

Allergies can develop at any age and with no warning. Don’t risk discovering a dangerous allergy this summer – engage with a quality pest control company to implement mosquito control in your yard.

Mosquito Control Is Good For Your Pets

While cases of West Nile or any of the mosquito-borne forms of encephalitis are fairly rare, one health hazard is anything but: heartworms.

While parasitic heartworms don’t affect humans directly, they can mean a painful and frightening experience for our furry friends. If left untreated long enough, heartworms are typically fatal for dogs and cats.

Heartworms are only spread by mosquitos, so mosquito control (combined with a regular heartworm preventative) is the best way to ensure your beloved pets don’t suffer the pain of a heartworm infection.

Mosquito Control Gives You Your Yard Back

Even when they’re not carrying a dangerous disease, mosquitos are incredibly annoying. The bites are bad enough, with their painful, itchy welts that can cause discomfort for weeks. But just having mosquitos in your personal space is a pain.

If your yard is blanketed with mosquitos, then it’s not really your yard. Your name may be on the mailbox, but your yard belongs to the pests. Everything from the necessities like yardwork and washing the car to the fun stuff like playing with the kids and having friends over for a cookout become endurance matches to find out who can survive the onslaught longest.

With a professional mosquito control plan in place with a quality local exterminator, you can get your yard back. National Exterminating’s team does a thorough assessment of your yard, and takes a two-pronged approach to delivering you from the clouds of bloodthirsty bugs:

Guidance on removal of places where mosquitos breed and thrive: pools of stagnant water, deep and thicket-y brush, piles of lawn debris, and other damp, shady places
Application of a persistent, effective pesticide and repellent product that kills and drives away mosquitos

Mosquitos aren’t just annoying – they’re dangerous! Let National Exterminating Protect Your Family and Give You Back Your Yard! Call Us at 478-922-1410.

Your Middle Georgia home or business needs a pest control partner you can trust. National Exterminating is ready to earn that trust with our exceptional customer service and cutting-edge pest control solutions. Call us today at 478-922-1410.