This invention relates to the management of mosquitos. It utilises LED light, which acts not as an attractant but as a repellent (i.e. it elicits a negative photo-taxis response) and / or inhibits the blood seeking activity of mosquitos. The method repels mosquitos from a locality or proximity (10； 22) where humans or animals will be present and/ or inhibits the mosquito from seeking a blood meal. It comprises positioning an LED light(s) (18) at a location (12；16) and in an orientation that will generate a photo-taxis repellent response and/ or inhibit the blood seeking activity of the mosquito, such that they are discouraged from entering a defined zone (22) which the lighting (18) protects. The LED lighting generates an intense light of at least 100 lux, with a colour temperature of greater than 5000K and has a cool white spectra (Fig 2； left hand side) with two peaks, a first peak at about 450nm - 470nm and a second peak at about 500nm - 700nm.
