THE BUZZ		Volume 4, 7 (Week 22)
		June 2, 2005

Mosquito Activity (Scale from 0 to 5)

• Mosquito activity is a 1 for most of the city. Areas in Cradock, Rotunda Blvd, and the Portsmouth Landfill continue to see increasing mosquito activity, currently a (3). We are also starting to see Asian Tiger mosquitoes in the light traps, citizens must remember to dump out water around the house each week.
• Weather conditions have significantly hampered our ability to effectively treat areas. City staff will resume aggressive treatment measures when weather conditions stabilize this weekend.

Surveillance

• 9 CDC style light traps were set this week, a total of 3,717 mosquitoes were caught, for an average of 413 per trap. Trap counts were up almost 3 times what we caught last week.
• We started setting gravid traps for mosquitoes this week. Gravid traps are deigned to trap mosquitoes trying to lay eggs. 3 gravid traps caught a total of 78 mosquitoes, or average of 26 per trap. This is normal for this time of year.

Service Requests

• We received 5 complaint calls this week about mosquitoes. Complaints might increase next week as warmer temperatures stabilize.

Control

• Adult spray operations are scheduled for this weekend as soon as the weather breaks. Mosquito Truck Fogging can only be conducted when winds are less than 10 miles per hour and there is no rain.
• Crews will be treating standing water early next week
• Mosquito Spraying information is posted on the Mosquito Spray Hotline at 393-8666.