September 6, 2007

• Tiger mosquitoes are the only significant mosquito problem in the city right now. Overall mosquito activity is a 2 citywide.

• No rainfall was recorded last week.
• Fewer traps were set this week due to the holiday.
• 5 CDC style traps were set this week, with a total of 108 mosquitoes caught for an average of 21.6 per trap. Trap counts decreased from the high numbers of last week. CDC trap counts should remain low with out more rain.
• 9 Omni-Directional Fay-Prince (OFP) were set this week, with a total of 490 tiger mosquitoes for an average of 54 per trap. Tiger mosquitoes climbed slightly higher this week.

• We had 4 service requests this week; all calls this week were from tiger mosquitoes.

• Mosquito Spray Information can be found on the Mosquito Hotline: 393-8666.

• Conditions at Craney Island are also dry and preparations have been made to treat standing water after the next significant rainfall.
• 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