Mosquitoes
Rooftops, courtyards and outdoor dining all suffer when standing water turns into a mosquito nursery.
Where they come from
The house mosquito is from the Old World. The Asian tiger mosquito arrived in the US in 1985 in used tires.
Where they thrive
Standing water: catch basins, gutters, roof puddles, plant saucers, flooded basements and drains.
How they behave
Only females bite, to fuel their eggs. Active whenever it is above about 60°F. Egg to adult in about a week.
In New York City
West Nile virus first appeared in the Western Hemisphere in Queens in 1999.
Did you know?
Through the diseases they spread, mosquitoes are the deadliest animal on Earth.
Related pests
German Cockroaches
The roach that lives indoors, breeds fastest, and causes most commercial kitchen infestations.
Read more →American Roaches
The big reddish roach New Yorkers call a palmetto bug, coming up from drains and basements on hot nights.
Read more →Waterbugs
What New Yorkers call a waterbug is almost always the Oriental cockroach, a dark roach that loves damp basements.
Read more →Think you have Mosquitoes?
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