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| Mosquito Activity (Scale from 0 to 5) |
- We received an average of .98 inches of rain last week.
- Mosquito activity is a 2 for the entire city. Mosquito activity
has increased due to the consistent rainfall over the past few weeks
and warmer temperatures. There has been no Eastern Equine
Encephalitis (EEE) or West Nile Virus (WNV) detected in the area
this year.
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| Surveillance |
- The mosquitoes got off to a slow start this spring due to the
lack of rain. Rain and warm temperatures have jumpstarted the
season. Most all standing water checked this week was actively
breeding mosquitoes and trap counts were up 3 fold this week.
- Ten CDC style traps were set this week and a total of 1,042
mosquitoes were caught, with an average of 105 mosquitoes per trap
night. The highest trap counts are not around any houses at this
time.
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| Service Requests |
- We received 3 complaint calls about mosquitoes this week.
- Mosquito complaint calls should increase next week as close in
on Memorial Day.
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| Control |
- Staff are aggressively treating roadside ditches throughout the
city
- There are no adult mosquito spraying operations scheduled at
this time. We have three spray trucks fully calibrated and ready to
spray if needed.
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| Aerial Spraying |
- The first of three aerial larviciding treatments was conducted
earlier this week. Preliminary assessments of the aerial treatment
are we achieved good control. The full extent of the success will
not be know for at least 3 weeks.
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| Special Notes |
- Staff will set up a bug display at the Hoffler Creek Wildlife
Preserve “Bugs & Butterfly Kids Day” Saturday May 20th from 1 – 3
pm.
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