Spraying for mosquitoes begins this week in Mobile County

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Mobile County has been divided into 50 spray zones.

Areas treated are determined by trap data, complaints, and observations by MCHD inspector. MCHD’s Vector Services is rotating first- and second-generation chemical insecticides and organophosphates so that no tolerance is built up in the mosquito population.MCHD has an airplane — a Cessna 182Q — that will spray insecticides along coastal areas and in other places that are inaccessible by truck. Final calibrations are needed before it is put into service this summer.

In 2021, there were 422 samples submitted. Three chickens tested positive for West Nile Virus while three more tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis.

 

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They are one week too late. Those skeeters are popping out there, even in the morning & afternoon.

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