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Mosquito Control Program
 

About the Program | Quick Mosquito Facts
About Mosquitoes | Backyard Tips | How to Protect Yourself
Mosquitoes and Heartworm Disease | Mosquitoes and West Nile Virus
Fight The Bite 

Spray Schedule:

  • Ground Spray (No spray scheduled at this time)
About the Program

The Mosquito Control Program’s 16 employees provide mosquito control services in Charleston County’s 1,353 square miles using several diverse methods:

  1. Surveillance—The helicopter inspection team, six field inspectors and source reduction supervisor monitor rainfall, tides and mosquito populations on a daily basis throughout the County. Citizens, via telephone, also inform the division of unusually high mosquito population levels.
  2. Aquatic Stage Mosquitoes (Larvae)—Utilize a ground crew, a helicopter and an airplane to eliminate aquatic stage mosquitoes in areas of standing water, such as yards and drainage ditches. The ground crew also introduces small predatory fish into semi-permanent standing water areas. Over 24,000 acres were treated in 2009.

  3. Adult Mosquitoes—Use truck-mounted spray units, a helicopter and an airplane to kill adult mosquitoes. In 2009, a total of 916,926 acres were treated.

  4. Public Education—Ongoing public eduction is vital in the war against mosquitoes. The Citizens' Awareness Program (CAP) is designed to provide as many residents as possible with educational materials and information regarding mosquitoes.  Mosquito Control personnel inspect yards for mosquito breeding; answer questions; and regularly participate in various school career days, the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition, and Earth Day.  Frequent requests are also received from Homeowners' Associations and other public interest groups.

Quick Mosquito Facts:
  • 50+ species of mosquitoes live in Charleston County
  • 30 of these species bite people and pets
  • The two salt marsh species occur in the greatest numbers
  • Breeding potential -
    - Dredged material disposal sites can produce up to 80 million mosquitoes per acre    per rainfall
    - Natural sites can produce up to 8 million mosquitoes per acre per rainfall or tide event
 


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