City of Portsmouth, Virginia - Public Works

THE BUZZ		Volume 4, 20 (Week 35)
		September 1, 2005

Mosquito Activity (Scale from 0 to 5)

Trap counts are low and complaint calls are down. Mosquito activity is a (2) for this week.
The only significant mosquitoes in Portsmouth are Asian Tiger mosquitoes. Citizens must empty all standing water in man-made items (toys, birdbaths, tires, buckets, flowerpots, rain gutters, etc.) to stop the mosquito breeding.

Surveillance

9 CDC style light traps were set this week, a total of 530 mosquitoes were caught, for an average of 59 per trap. Average trap counts are the lowest they have been in the last 18 weeks.
6 Gravid traps were set this week, a total of 328 mosquitoes were caught, for an average of 59 per trap. Gravid trap counts jumped this week, mostly due to one location (Greenland Blvd.).
To date no mosquitoes have tested positive for West Nile Virus in the City of Portsmouth.

Service Requests

Control

Crews shifted efforts towards treating storm drains for breeding mosquitoes.
Limited truck fogging is scheduled for the rest of this week. Truck spraying information is available on the Mosquito Hotline at 393-8666 press 1 when prompted by the recording.

Mosquito Trap Counts