Mosquito control · Southeast Michigan
Mosquito Control in Ann Arbor and Southeast Michigan
Most mosquitoes biting you in your yard were born in your yard. They need barely any water and about a week. Our exterminators find the water first, then treat where the adults rest. Ticks and yard fleas go in the same visit.
Quick answers
Mosquito control in Southeast Michigan: the quick facts
Most of the mosquitoes biting you in your own yard were bred in your own yard. Container breeders need very little water and about a week to finish, so a blocked gutter or a saucer under a pot produces more of them than the pond down the road. Treating without removing the water is a short-lived result. The same Mosquito Shield visit covers ticks and yard fleas.
- Most common here
- Asian bush mosquito
- Breeds in containers, so it is the one your own yard produces.
- Worst months
- Jul to Aug
- The months with the most sightings in Michigan, from public records anyone can check.
- How it gets in
- Standing water on your property
- Gutters, saucers, tarps, toys and tire ruts. A bottle cap of water is enough for some species.
- Included in
- Mosquito Shield
- An add-on to any plan, or on its own, priced by the size of your lot. One treatment covers mosquitoes, ticks and outdoor fleas.
Mosquitoes in Michigan.
Mosquitoes breed in anything that holds rain for about a week, then spend the day in the shade: dense plants, under decks, beside sheds.
Mosquito Shield treats that shade on a schedule you pick, priced by the size of your lot. The same visit covers ticks and fleas in the yard.
Seasonal pattern
When are mosquitoes worst in Michigan?
This is when mosquitoes are actually recorded in Michigan, month by month, from public observation records rather than from a guess.
Warning signs
How mosquitoes announce themselves.
Bites in your own yard rather than out on a walk
Water standing in gutters, saucers, tarps, toys or a pool cover
Clouds coming off shaded, damp ground at dusk
Wrigglers in a birdbath, a bucket or a plant saucer
What to look for
What a mosquito problem looks like at home.
Most mosquitoes biting you in your yard were born there. These are six of the places they usually come from, and what each one tells us.
A blocked gutter holds still water for days after rain. That is enough for mosquitoes to breed right above your deck.
A few tiny wrigglers in a saucer of rainwater. Tip it out once a week and they never finish growing.
Black with white stripes, and it bites in the daytime. It lays its eggs in small containers like buckets, toys and saucers.
A sagging tarp can hold water all summer. Pull it tight, or tip it out after it rains.
Still water that sits in a birdbath can breed mosquitoes. Change the water at least once a week.
A few on the screen at dusk is normal. More every night usually means they are breeding close by, often in your own yard.
How our exterminators get rid of mosquitoes.
Three steps: find the water, treat the shade where the adults rest, and come back before they rebuild. Every visit is part of Mosquito Shield.
Walk the property and find the water
We walk the yard with you and look for water: gutters, saucers, toys, tarps, birdbaths, pool covers, rain barrels and low spots that puddle. We show you what to tip out, scrub, cover or fix, and ask where you sit and where the bites are worst. We look for tick and flea spots on the same walk. We cannot check water on a neighbor's land.
Treat where the adults rest
A backpack fog goes into the shade where adult mosquitoes sit out the day: under the deck, in shrubs and dense plants, along the fence and the shady side of the house. It is not a blanket spray over every plant and pond. Flowering plants, pollinators, wind, drift, water, people and pets are handled the way the label says. For water you cannot tip out, Honorable Pods kill the larvae the fog cannot reach.
Set the schedule and check it
Mosquitoes come back as the treatment weathers, rain refills containers, new ones hatch and more fly in from next door. So Mosquito Shield is a schedule: every 30 to 45 days, which we recommend, or every 60 or 90 days. Coming less often costs more per visit. We agree it with you before we leave. No schedule makes a yard mosquito free.
See CDC mosquito control at home and CDC larvicide guidance.
Every mosquito control visit
The full Honorable TriShield™, every time.
Three layers. The house, the lawn, then the property line. Not a rushed spray along your baseboards. A cheap quote usually skips two of the three.
Foundation barrier
Three feet up the wall. Three feet out from it. All the way round the house, plus windows, doors, the garage and the roofline. That strip is the road bugs use to get in.
Measured with a tape, not eyeballed
Granular yard moat
A ring of granules across the lawn. Rain wakes it back up. So does your sprinkler. In a Michigan summer that is most weeks.
Skipped by most companies. Granular costs money.
Property line
We spray the whole property line. Bugs get stopped at the edge of your yard, not at your back door.
The layer a cheaper quote quietly leaves out
How to identify the mosquitoes in your yard.
These are the mosquitoes we treat that have confirmed sightings in Washtenaw, Oakland, Wayne and Livingston counties, most-recorded first. Each one is identified by independent naturalists, so the animal in the photo is the animal named.
Breeds in containers, so it is the one your own yard produces.
Hatches in numbers after heavy rain floods low ground.
Daytime biter, black and white striped, container breeder.
Comes off marsh and pond edges and travels well into neighborhoods.
Woodland pools. Rests with its body angled away from the surface.
All of these have confirmed sightings in Washtenaw, Oakland, Wayne and Livingston counties. Records from iNaturalist research-grade observations, pulled 2026-09-25. Photos: Asian bush mosquito by Ray Fisher (CC BY); Inland floodwater mosquito by Anna Hess (CC BY); Asian tiger mosquito by Timothy Lindsey (CC BY); Cattail mosquito by Shannon Stoner (CC BY); Woodland malaria mosquito by Adam Kranz (CC0).
What it costs
Mosquito control comes with Mosquito Shield.
Mosquitoes, ticks and fleas in the yard are not on Honorable Shield. They are one treatment, sold as an add-on to any plan or on its own. It is priced by the size of your lot, not your house. Fleas inside the house we do not treat.
| Mosquito ShieldEvery 30 to 45 days | One-time yard visitSingle visit | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Keeping the yard usable all summer | One party or one bad week |
| You get | A backpack fog across the yard, every visit | The same treatment, one time |
| Covers | Mosquitoes, ticks and outdoor fleas | Mosquitoes, ticks and outdoor fleas |
| Commitment | Cancel any time | None |
| Price | From $117 a visit, by acreage | From $347, by acreage |
Prices are the starting figures: a home up to 1,000 square feet, or half an acre for yard work. What is covered is set out in the plan terms.
Mosquito control, answered straight.
How does professional mosquito yard treatment work?
We find the water and show you what to tip out. Then a backpack fog goes into the shady places where adult mosquitoes rest: under decks, in shrubs and dense plants, along fences. The fog kills adults. It does not reach larvae in water, which is what Honorable Pods are for. It cuts the numbers down. It does not remove every mosquito, and we will not pretend it does.
How often should I have my yard treated for mosquitoes?
You choose every 30 to 45 days, every 60 days or every 90 days. We recommend 30 to 45, because the treatment weathers and new mosquitoes keep hatching. Coming less often costs more per visit, not less.
How much does mosquito control cost?
Mosquito Shield is priced by the size of your lot, not your house. At half an acre it is $117 a visit every 30 to 45 days, $137 every 60 days or $157 every 90 days. A single one-time visit starts at $347. There are no discounts.
What are Honorable Pods?
Mosquito traps that kill larvae before they hatch, which the fog cannot do. The fog handles the mosquitoes flying today, and the pods handle next week's. You need at least two. Set-up is $97 once, plus $47 per pod, then $47 per pod each month: $191 to start with two pods, then $94 a month. Pods have to be changed every 30 to 45 days, so they only go with the 30 to 45 day schedule, or on their own.
Is mosquito treatment safe for my family and pets?
It depends on the product, where it goes and what the label says. We tell you what to move, where we are treating, whether anyone has to stay out and when you can go back. Keep children, pets, toys, food and water bowls clear as instructed. Ask for the label any time.
Is mosquito service included with Honorable Shield?
No. Mosquito Shield is an add-on to any plan, or you can buy it on its own. You can cancel any time. It also counts as a plan for moles: a Mosquito Shield customer pays the mole add-on rate, which starts at $197, not the one-time rate.
Does the same visit treat ticks and fleas?
Yes. One Mosquito Shield treatment covers mosquitoes, ticks and fleas in the yard, because all three use the same shady, damp, sheltered ground. The treated spots still have to suit each one: mosquitoes rest in shrubs and under decks, ticks wait in long grass at the edge of the lawn, and fleas live where pets lie down. We treat fleas outdoors only, never inside the house.
Which diseases do mosquitoes carry in Michigan?
Most bites only itch, but mosquitoes can spread disease. Michigan public health agencies track West Nile virus, Eastern equine encephalitis, Jamestown Canyon virus, La Crosse virus and other reportable mosquito-borne infections. The risk changes by year, place, species and weather.
Zika, chikungunya, dengue and yellow fever are not common local risks in a Southeast Michigan yard. Travelers should follow the health guidance for where they are going.
Use an EPA-registered repellent the way its label says, cover up when you can, keep screens repaired, cut standing water and follow Michigan health alerts. Yard treatment cuts mosquito numbers but cannot promise to prevent disease.
We do not diagnose or treat illness. See a doctor about symptoms, and Michigan public health sources for current surveillance.
See Michigan West Nile virus guidance, Michigan Eastern equine encephalitis guidance, and CDC mosquito prevention.
Ticks too? See tick control. Fleas in the yard? See yard flea control. Both are in the same Mosquito Shield visit.
Pest-Free Guarantee
They come back? So do we, free.
On Honorable Shield, see a covered pest between visits? We come back within 48 hours and treat it again. You pay nothing.
Mosquito control where you live.
Old streets with big trees get different bugs than new build on cleared ground. Pick your town to see what we actually find there.
That is not all of them. See all 38 towns, or ask us if we reach your street.
Other pests we treat
One plan covers every one of these. No extra charge when something different shows up.
Every visit includes all three barrier layers. See what we treat, or ask an exterminator.
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Mosquitoes taking over the yard?
Call (734) 519-6671 or send a request. Tell us where the bites are worst and how you use the yard. We price by the size of your lot and tell you whether one visit or a schedule fits, before anyone starts.
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