Mosquitos lay eggs in standing water and one of the major mitigation techniques is removing puddles (old tires, canoes turns upright, etc). The CDC even recomme

Mosquitos lay eggs in standing water and one of the major mitigation techniques is removing puddles (old tires, canoes turns upright, etc). The CDC even recommends this for prevention of West Nile (a mosquito born illness) https://www.cdc.gov/westnile/prevention/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/westnile/prevention/index.html