Around Massachusetts
Conditions vary across the state. Choose your city below, then describe what’s happening around your home or business.
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Local mosquito information
Mosquito control in Massachusetts
Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.
Mosquitoes in Massachusetts: what to know
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 Massachusetts: what the public record shows
Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which mosquitoes actually live in Massachusetts, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.
16 (0.22 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.
CDCPowassan virus disease: 11 cases; eastern equine encephalitis: 4 cases (2024)
Other arboviral disease, 2024
Other mosquito-borne (or, for Powassan, tick-borne) viruses that appear in this state's 2024 surveillance.
CDCWhen mosquitoes are busiest in Massachusetts
CDC: West Nile transmission June through October, peaking late August to early September. Illinois found its first positive mosquito batch of 2025 on May 9, so larval control should start in May.
For context, nationally
Sources: CDC. Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources
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Salem
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