The Clark County Mosquito Control District will continue surveillance and treatment activities throughout the active mosquito season. Check for containers or trash in hard-to-see places, such as under bushes.Repair leaking faucets and sprinklers clean clogged gutters.Change water in bird baths, ponds, wading pools, pet bowls and animal troughs at least twice a week.Drain standing water from old tires, flowerpots, buckets, plastic tarps, and wheelbarrows.Read the label and carefully follow the instructions for applying repellents, especially when applying on children.Ĭlark County residents can also do their part to help prevent mosquitoes from breeding on their property by taking these simple steps: Use EPA-registered insect repellents, including those with DEET, picaridin, IR3535 or oil of lemon eucalyptus.Place mosquito netting over infant carriers when outdoors.When practical, wear long-sleeved shirts, long pants, shoes, socks, and hats/head nets outside, especially in wooded or wetland areas.When possible, stay indoors during dawn and dusk when mosquitoes are most active.
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Install or repair screens on windows and doors.Public Health is urging residents to take steps to avoid mosquito bites: Clark County has never had a case of West Nile virus that was acquired in Clark County or a positive test result in a mosquito sample, though there have been cases of West Nile virus in other parts of the state, mostly in eastern Washington. Technicians also trap adult mosquitoes in these areas to test for West Nile virus. In addition, Mosquito Control District technicians are treating thousands of catch basins across the county to prevent the hatching of species of mosquitoes that can carry West Nile virus. The Mosquito Control District thanks community members for their patience as crews work as quickly as possible to respond to the requests. They are also working to address more than 550 requests for service submitted in the last two weeks. Now that mosquito eggs have hatched, Mosquito Control District technicians are setting traps to identify areas with large populations of adult mosquitoes and using trucks to treat those areas.
The above-normal temperatures in mid-May also contributed to earlier hatches.” “Water was released earlier from Bonneville Dam leading to higher water levels again this year. “We are currently seeing a lot of mosquito activity everywhere in the county, but about one month earlier than last year,” said Mario Boisvert, Clark County Mosquito Control District manager.
As mountain snow melts and water levels rise, those areas become covered with water and the eggs hatch. The species of mosquitoes that are currently active in Clark County, called floodwater mosquitoes, lay their eggs in the damp soil along rivers during late spring and early summer. As crews work to reduce the number of mosquitoes, Clark County Public Health is encouraging everyone to take steps to avoid mosquito bites and eliminate mosquito habitats on their property. Clark County Mosquito Control District has been working for weeks to reduce the mosquito population and continues to treat areas with high numbers of mosquitoes across the county. – Mosquito season has arrived early in Clark County, and residents may be facing another summer with a bigger-than-usual mosquito population.
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