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Yes they do.

1) Eliminate breeding areas:

a) Dispose of or cover all containers which can or do hold water.

b) Keep fishponds stocked with fish and edges clear of grass.

c) Keep Swimming Pools full and properly maintained.

d) Fill or drain depressions in the ground which may hold water.

e) Screen all tanks, vents and drains.

f) Empty pot plant drip trays once per week or fill with sand.

2) Mosquitoes breed in CALM WATER -

such as may occur in tyres, drums, septic tanks, drains, creeks, freshwater swamps,hollows in rocks, salt marshes and sewage ponds.

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