Keep Mosquitoes Away! - Georgia Department of Public Health · KEEP MOSQUITOES AWAY! TIP ’n TOSS...

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Find out what it takes to stop Zika Please visit dph.georgia.gov/zika MOSQUITOES GO FROM EGGS TO ADULTS IN ABOUT 10 DAYS MOSQUITO EGGS LARVA PUPA ADULT MOSQUITO but the same kind of mosquitoes live in Georgia. Keep Mosquitoes Away! SOMETIMES MOSQUITOES MAKE PEOPLE SICK These countries are far away: DEET WEAR BUG SPRAY YOU CAN KEEP MOSQUITOES AWAY FROM YOU OUCH! DON’T LET THESE BAD BUGS BITE YOU! WEAR LONG SLEEVES and PANTS and SOCKS

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Page 1: Keep Mosquitoes Away! - Georgia Department of Public Health · KEEP MOSQUITOES AWAY! TIP ’n TOSS Mosquitoes lay eggs in things that hold water. You can help keep mosquitoes from

Find out what it takes to stop ZikaPlease visit dph.georgia.gov/zika

MOSQUITOES GO FROM EGGS TO ADULTS IN ABOUT 10 DAYS

MOSQUITO EGGS LARVA PUPA ADULT MOSQUITO

but the same kind of mosquitoes live in Georgia.

Keep Mosquitoes Away!SOMETIMES MOSQUITOES MAKE PEOPLE

SICKThese countries

are far away:

DEET

WEAR BUG SPRAY

Y O U C A N K E E P M O S Q U I T O E S A W A Y F R O M Y O U

OUCH!

DON’T LET THESE BAD BUGS BITE

YOU!

WEAR LONG SLEEVES and PANTS and

SOCKS

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— MOSQUITO FACTS —

KEEP MOSQUITOES AWAY!

TIP ’n TOSS

Mosquitoes lay eggs in things that hold water. You can help keep mosquitoes from

hatching and biting you. Tip out water in containers around your home and yard.

Toss things you don’t need in the trash, like empty bottles and cans.

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10 PLACES WHERE WATER HIDES

Only female mosquitos

bite people

Mosquitoes lay eggs

in things as small as

bottle caps

Mosquitoes don’t see very well

Find out what it takes to stop ZikaPlease visit dph.georgia.gov/zikaANSWERS: wading pool, boat, gutters,

pet dish, wagon, flat roof, tree stump, hole in tree, old tire and garden pond