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Mosquito control in Florida

Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.

Mosquitoes in Florida: what to know

Around Florida

Conditions vary across the state. Choose your city below, then describe what’s happening around your home or business.

What to note

Where you see mosquitoes, how long it has been going on, and anything you’ve already tried are the most useful details to mention.

A useful next step

Ask about an inspection, what treatment would involve, and whether follow-up visits are included. You don’t need to identify the problem yourself before getting in touch.

Local research

Mosquitoes in Florida: what the public record shows

Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which mosquitoes actually live in Florida, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.

15 (0.06 per 100,000)

West Nile neuroinvasive disease cases, 2024

Neuroinvasive counts are the most reliable state comparison because nearly all severe cases are diagnosed and reported.

CDC

62 human cases and 4 positive mosquito pools from 4 counties

Locally acquired dengue cases, 2025

Local dengue transmission by Aedes aegypti is a recurring Florida problem, concentrated in Brevard and Miami-Dade.

Florida Department of Health

417 (Miami-Dade 261)

Travel-associated dengue cases, 2025

Imported cases seed local Aedes populations, which is why container control near homes matters in South Florida.

Florida Department of Health

Mosquito species recorded in Florida

Yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti) — CDC lists Aedes aegypti as more likely than Ae. albopictus to spread dengue, Zika, and chikungunya; prefers human hosts and lives in and around homes. Tropical, subtropical, and…

When mosquitoes are busiest in Florida

Year-round Aedes activity in the south; Florida DOH logged locally acquired dengue onsets from February through November 2025. WNV/EEE sentinel positives occur in most months.

Florida DOH week 53 report: Brevard and Miami-Dade under mosquito-borne illness alert; Alachua, Bay, Clay, Duval, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lafayette, Leon, Palm Beach, and Pasco under advisory at year-end 2025. Florida's endemic viruses are WNV, EEEV, and SLEV.

Rules that apply in Florida

For context, nationally

1,808 — West Nile virus disease cases reported, 2024. CDC
1,347 (75% of cases); 173 deaths — West Nile neuroinvasive disease cases, 2024. CDC

Sources: CDC; Florida Department of Health; Potential Range of Aedes Mosquitoes. Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources

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Boca Raton

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Mosquito control in Florida

Mosquitoes in Florida: what to know

Around Florida

What to note

A useful next step

Mosquitoes in Florida: what the public record shows

Mosquito species recorded in Florida

When mosquitoes are busiest in Florida

Rules that apply in Florida

For context, nationally

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