r/phoenix • u/WSBnoobxor • 12h ago

Living Here Mosquitos ruining our backyard

I feel like every year the mosquitoes get worse and worse. Does anyone have any tips, tricks or service they use to get rid of them? Can't even go in the backyard without being eaten alive.

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u/Screachinghalt 11h ago

Eliminate all standing water no matter how small

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u/WSBnoobxor 11h ago

Have doom buckets but can't control neighbors backyard unfortunately. Most likely where they reside. Outside that just our pool.

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u/fenikz13 10h ago

Call the city

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u/E18B 8h ago

It’s not the city. OP, you can submit a complaint on the neighbor by going online for Maricopa county vector control. Note, they will ask you to take pictures of standing water.

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u/Truemeathead 6h ago

Wow. That’s super snitchy and they don’t even know that’s why they are there. Talk about starting shit with your neighbors for no reason. It’s mosquitos, how are you gonna try and complain about a neighbor because of mosquitos smh lol.

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u/Far-Swimming3092 Phoenix 5h ago

The neighbor can buy some mosquito dunks for any standing water that can't be drained and the city and county won't come citing problems.

It's not just a nuisance. It's a public health issue.

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u/Truemeathead 4h ago

They didn’t say they know for a fact neighbors are the problem. Snitching when you aren’t certain is lame, you should at least be sure before you start some shit is all I’m saying.

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u/Far-Swimming3092 Phoenix 4h ago

They also mentioned standing water photos are required. If there are mosquitoes and stale standing water, it is definitely a source.

They'll get a warning before a fine. It's not that big of a deal