The Buzz is a weekly summary
disseminate important information about mosquitoes and mosquito
control in the City of Portsmouth.
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Dominique Turner talks about his job as a mosquito technician to
students from Olive Branch Elementary School June 3, 2008. |
| Mosquito Activity (Scale from 0 to 5) |
- City wide activity remains a 1.
- Hazy hot and humid conditions of summer are here. We received
just over an inch and a half of rain last week.
- Trap counts were lower this week. Complaint calls increased this
week as expected.
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| Surveillance and Control |
- 7 CDC style light traps were set this week, a total of 1,168
mosquitoes were caught. The average number of mosquitoes per trap
was 167. This was up slightly from last week.
- 5 OFP style traps were set this week, a total of 28 tiger
mosquitoes were caught. The average number of tiger mosquitoes per
trap was 6. This was about 1/2 of last weeks count.
- We started using gravid traps this week to monitor mosquitoes
that can carry West Nile Virus. 4 gravid traps were set this week, a
total of 47 mosquitoes were caught. The average number of mosquitoes
per trap was 12. Trap numbers were too low to send any mosquitoes
for virus testing.
- No truck spraying was conducted this week due to minimal
complaints about mosquitoes.
- Information on spray activities is posted on the Mosquito Spray
Hotline (393-8666 press 1 when prompted). Citizens can call and
listen to a recorded message to find out what areas are scheduled
for mosquito spraying.
- Efforts this week were focused on treating storm drains and
conducting breeding site inspections.
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| Service Requests |
- We received two service requests this week.
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| Federal Activities |
- The Air Force aerial spray team is scheduled to be in town
spraying parts of our region June 16, 17, 18.
- We will continue to monitor mosquito populations and determine
mid to late next week what areas if any need to be treated by the
Air Force.
- Any information regarding areas in Portsmouth scheduled to be
sprayed will be posted on the Portsmouth Mosquito Hotline as soon
details are available.
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