Mosquitoes in hot weather: The menace you must know about
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Longer days and hot summer weather mean more people are outside when mosquitoes are most active, at dawn and dusk; these smart tips will help protect against mosquito bites.
Avoid the outdoors from dusk to dawn, when mosquitoes are most active. Mosquitoes become infected with germs, such as viruses and parasites, when they bite infected people and animals. Tightly cover water storage containers (buckets, cisterns, rain barrels) so that mosquitoes cannot get inside to lay their eggs. Maureen Mackey is managing editor of lifestyle for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent on Twitter at @maurmack.
Mosquito bites are usually just itchy and irritating, but they can lead to something worse.
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