The ideal way would be to take individual and collective steps to reduce climate change, so we can have cold enough winters again to keep their populations in check.
If you want to take woodland hikes, there are very easy ways to protect yourself: use a DEET-based repellent, spray it at your feet and bottoms of your pants; pretreat or buy clothing with pyrethrin; stick to more popular hiking trails that don't have so much overgrowth.
For some reason(s) the proliferation of mosquitos where I live has diminished tremendously. Used to be, over 10 years ago, I'd get buzzed every year in warmer weather in my bedroom. I made major efforts to keep them out. Screens of various kinds. I had spray bottles of rubbing alcohol, and successfully killed them sometimes. A spritz would knock them out of the air and I'd squish them with my hands and have peace. I don't think I've encountered more than a couple in the last 5 years, maybe not that many. Maybe mosquito abatement operations around here are the reason. Maybe the droughts. But even after last years humongous atmospheric rivers, still no onslaught of the critters. Hope this wet year doesn't bring them on.
I'm unaware of bats around here, but maybe there are. I'd suppose so.
