Be Aware Of The Entry Points Of Mosquitoes Around Your House

Mosquitoes are small insects 
that have tube-like mouthparts 
to pierce the skin of humans and animals 
in order to extract blood and feed on it. 
And once they pierce the skin, 
they can inject disease-causing organisms 
and so become a vector for the transmission of diseases 
such as dengue fever, malaria among others. 

Mosquito about to feed on human blood through its proboscis that pierces the skin.

Mosquitoes are everywhere 
and are very hard to avoid 
because they are very small 
and can't easily be seen flying around you. 
You're a lot safer in the house than outdoors 
especially when it is all screened-up. 
But maybe you notice 
that with all the screen in place around your house - 
screen in doors and windows, 
you still feel the pain and the itch. 
So how did those mosquitoes enter? 

First, 
every time you open the front and the back doors, 
you unintentionally let insects in too 
especially the mosquitoes. 
And even if you're careful
not to open the doors wide, 
still they slipped in unnoticed. 

​Second, 
there are few entry points for insects around your house 
that you don't realize or have overlooked. 
Take a good look at your doors. 
You may find small gaps between the door and the wall, 
or a gap around the hinges. 
Even if those gaps are less than a centimeter, 
these insects can easily pass through. 
And so are your sinks
and the drain in your bath or shower room 
that end up in canals filled with mosquitoes. 
These insects in the canals fly all the way up 
to the circular holes in sinks and shower drain 
and so enter your house in no time.
See these pics below. 

The gap between the door and the wall 
can be screened off 
or you can attached additional wood or something 
to close the gap. 
The sink and the shower drain 
can be covered with any lid 
to prevent insects from entering. 

And lastly, 
if you don't see any lizards and spiders in the ceiling 
or anywhere around your house, 
then you have a problem. 
Lizards and spiders eat them all 
and make sure to introduce them anytime soon. 
​They help a lot.