If your family loves to spend as much time as possible outdoors in the summer, then you know how annoying it is to swat at those pesky mosquitoes that bite.

Yet mosquitoes are more than a nuisance. The recent spread of the mosquito-transmitted Zika virus in Central and South America, and potentially into the United States, has raised awareness of why it’s important to protect ourselves from mosquitoes.

“It’s something to pay attention to and be aware of,” says Ryan Smith, assistant...