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| Mosquito Activity (Scale from 0 to 5) |
- We received an average of .44 inches of rain last week.
- Mosquito activity is a 2 for the entire city. There has been no
Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) or West Nile Virus (WNV) detected
in the area this year.
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| Surveillance |
- Ten CDC style traps were set this week and a total of 877
mosquitoes were caught, with an average of 88 mosquitoes per trap
night. This is down from last week, again the highest trap counts
are not around any houses at this time.
- Most roadside ditches have dried up and are not producing
mosquitoes, catch basins and containers are the major mosquito
breeders at this time.
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| Service Requests |
- We received 2 complaint calls about mosquitoes this week.
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| Control |
- Staff are aggressively treating catch basins starting with down
town area. The basins down town will be treated before the holiday
weekend.
- There are no adult mosquito spraying operations scheduled at
this time.
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| Federal Activity |
- The Army Corps of Engineers Craney Island and Navy Fuel Depot
mosquito programs are in the full swing.
- City, Army, and Navy staff regularly communicate by phone and
email to coordinate related mosquito control activities. In addition
staff meet in the field as needed to jointly monitor control
efforts.
- Summaries of federal activity can be found at the Army Corps web
site at
http://www.nao.usace.army.mil/redesign/Projects/Craney/Craney%20Mosquito/homepage.asp
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