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Mosquito GraphicTHE BUZZ Volume 4, 19 (Week 34)
  August 25, 2005

 

Mosquito Activity (Scale from 0 to 5)

  • Trap counts are low and complaint calls are down. Mosquito activity is a (2) for this week.

Surveillance

  • 9 CDC style light traps were set this week, a total of 762 mosquitoes were caught, for an average of 85 per trap. Trap counts were down from last week.
  • 7 Gravid traps were set this week, a total of 94 mosquitoes were caught, for an average of 14 per trap. Gravid trap counts are still low for this time of year. To date no mosquitoes have tested positive for West Nile Virus in the City of Portsmouth.

Service Requests

  • We received 3 complaint calls about mosquitoes this week.

Control

  • We received close to an inch of rain earlier this week. Staff are monitoring mosquito breeding sites and treating as needed.
  • Limited truck fogging is scheduled for the rest of this week. Truck spraying information is available on the Mosquito Hotline at 393-8666 press 1 when prompted by the recording.

Mosquito Trap Counts
 
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last updated August, 2005