It’s West Nile Virus mosquito season, and spraying operations are underway in several parts of Pennsylvania based on mosquito samples collected by county West Nile Virus Programs and the Department of Environmental Protection.

Here are several announced spraying events for this week.

The Cumberland County West Nile Program will be conducting an ultra-low volume (ULV) mosquito control operation to reduce high populations of nuisance mosquitoes on June 12  in parts of Silver Spring Township.

The treatments will be administered via truck-mounted equipment, spraying residential and recreational mosquito habitat. The equipment dispenses Biomist 3+15 ULV at a rate of 0.75 ounces per acre.  Click Here for details.

The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will apply treatments the evening of June 17 in Cambridge Springs, Crawford County to control adult mosquito populations.

The treatments will be administered by truck and ATV-mounted spray equipment to spray open spaces in residential and recreational areas. The equipment dispenses Biomist 3+15 applied at a rate of 0.75 ounces per acre.

The Snyder County West Nile Program will be conducting an ultra-low volume (ULV) mosquito control operation to reduce high populations of nuisance mosquitoes on June 16 in parts of Monroe Township.

The treatments will be administered via truck-mounted equipment, spraying residential and recreational mosquito habitat. The equipment dispenses Biomist 3+15 ULV at a rate of 0.75 ounces per acre.

The Cumberland County West Nile Program will be conducting an ultra-low volume (ULV) mosquito control operation to reduce high populations of mosquitoes capable of transmitting West Nile Virus on June 16 in parts of Cooke Township, Dickinson Township, Penn Township, Shippensburg Township, South Newton Township, Southampton Township, and West Pennsboro Township.

The treatments will be administered via truck-mounted equipment, spraying residential and recreational mosquito habitat. The equipment dispenses Biomist 3+15 ULV at a rate of 0.75 ounces per acre.

The Lawrence County West Nile Program will be conducting an ultra-low volume (ULV) mosquito control operation to reduce high populations of nuisance mosquitoes on June 11 in parts of New Beaver Borough.

The treatments will be administered via truck-mounted equipment, spraying residential and recreational mosquito habitat. The equipment dispenses Biomist 3+15 ULV at a rate of 0.75 ounces per acre.The product is designed to provide quick, effective control of adult mosquito populations. The application material has a very low toxicity profile to mammals and will have negligible impact to non-target insects and the environment.  Click Here for details.

The Centre County West Nile Program will be conducting an ultra-low volume (ULV) mosquito control operation to reduce high populations of nuisance mosquitoes on June 11 in parts of Rush Township.

The treatments will be administered via truck-mounted equipment, spraying residential and recreational mosquito habitat. The equipment dispenses Duet Dual-Action Adulticide at a rate of 0.62 ounces per acre.  Click Here for more details.

The Snyder County West Nile Program will be conducting an ultra-low volume (ULV) mosquito control operation to reduce high populations of nuisance mosquitoes on June 10 in parts of Monroe Township.

The treatments will be administered via truck-mounted equipment, spraying residential and recreational mosquito habitat. The equipment dispenses Biomist 3+15 ULV at a rate of 0.75 ounces per acre.  Click Here for more details.

Click Here for a running list of mosquito control activities. Click Here for announcements of local mosquito spraying activities and to sign up for email alerts of future announcements. 

Click Here for a map of Pennsylvania show the status of county mosquito surveillance reports.  Click Here to report dead birds that may be infected with West Nile Virus.

Click Here on what you can do to prevent the spread of West Nile Virus.

For more information, visit Pennsylvania’s West Nile Virus website.

6/16/2014