THE BUZZ		Volume 4, 8 (Week 23)
		June 9, 2005

Mosquito Activity (Scale from 0 to 5)

• Rain and hot temperatures means mosquitoes. The mosquito season is at full stride. Residents must be vigilant dumping out standing water on their properties each week.
• Mosquito activity is a 2 for most of the city. Some areas have elevated mosquito activity caused by mosquitoes that breed in containers. The problem areas of Cradock, Rotunda, and the Portsmouth Landfill saw some improve this week.
• Weather conditions continue to hamper our ability to effectively treat areas. City staff continue working overtime to treat as many areas as possible.

Surveillance

• 12 CDC style light traps were set this week, a total of 4,093 mosquitoes were caught, for an average of 341 per trap. Average trap counts were up down slightly this week. Trap counts could increase substantially first of next week due to the frequent rain.
• Gravid traps were set late this week and the data are not available at this time.

Service Requests

• We received 8 complaint calls this week about mosquitoes. Complaints are about the same as last week.

Control

• Adult spray operations are scheduled for most of the city. Crews will treat as much as we can each day. Mosquito Truck Fogging can only be conducted when winds are less than 10 miles per hour and there is no rain.
• Mosquito Spraying information is posted on the Mosquito Spray Hotline at 393-8666.

Federal Activity

• Navy and Army mosquito project managers conducted some joint larval mosquito surveillance this week. This was part of the ongoing efforts to locate and treat mosquito breeding habitats.