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| Mosquito Activity (Scale from 0 to 5) |
- The heavy down pours last week provided for some very active
mosquitoes early this week. The mosquito activity bumped up to a 3
early this week, thanks to the hard work of the mosquito control
folks the activity is back to a 2. Mosquito populations should be at
or below normal for the holiday weekend.
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| Surveillance |
- Rainfall last week averaged 1.75 inches; this was enough rain to
fill containers around the homes and flood up some ditches city
wide.
- 5 CDC style traps were set this week, with a total of 686
mosquitoes caught for an average of 137 per trap. Trap counts
increased as expected. Control activities have helped to drastically
reduce mosquito populations.
- 20 Omni-Directional Fay-Prince (OFP) were set this week, with a
total of 931 tiger mosquitoes for an average of 47 per trap. Tiger
mosquitoes reached the highest point of the season. Tiger mosquitoes
are a direct result of citizens failing to eliminate standing water
around their homes.
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| Service Requests |
- We had 55 service requests this week. Most of the calls were
attributed to the salt marsh mosquito increase.
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| Control Efforts |
- Crews have been out inspecting and treating catch basins and
back ditches during the day time and truck fogging for adult
mosquitoes at night; crews truck fogged approximately 8,196 acres
this week. All spray routes will a have been sprayed before the
holiday weekend.
- Mosquito Spray Information can be found on the Mosquito Hotline:
393-8666.
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| Federal Activities |
- The Air Force Aerial Spray Team from Youngstown Ohio sprayed
approximately 5,800 Craney Island, Navy Fuel Terminal, Coast Guard
Base, and portions of neighborhoods north of interstate 164
Wednesday night. Densely vegetated areas along the James River are
scheduled to be sprayed again this evening.
- Corps and city staff met this week and conducted an extensive
joint survey of possible mosquito breeding habitats. Based on our
surveys we have jointly adjusted our control efforts to better
manage the salt marsh mosquitoes.
- For more information about the mosquito control activities on
Craney Island visit the corps web site at
http://www.nao.usace.army.mil/Projects/Craney/Craney%20Mosquito/Homepage.asp
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