(Lindenwold, NJ) – Early Friday morning the Mosquito Control Commission will be in the community spraying and surveilling areas throughout Camden County. The summer weather has created an ideal environment for mosquitoes to breed.
With rain in the forecast, Commissioner Jeff Nash, liaison to the Camden County Mosquito Commission, talked about being cognizant of standing water.
“As we’ve seen some rainfall this week, it’s important for homeowners to check their yard and remove any standing water to help eliminate the threat of mosquitos,” Nash said. “Mosquitos need standing water to breed, so you can help keep them off your property by removing water from places like flowerpots and containers. This helps us reduce the pest population in your neighborhood, and it assists the efforts of the Camden County Mosquito Control Commission.”
The Camden County Mosquito Commission will be conducting ULV “spraying” operations on Friday, July 8 between the hours of 2am-6am in the following locations:
Camden
Sylvan St
S 7th St
S 8th St
S 9th St
S 10th St
Fairview St
Woodland Ave
Park Blvd
Langham Ave
Empire Ave
Magnolia Ave
Wildwood Ave
Baird Blvd
S 32nd St
S 33rd St
Berkley St
Wilmont Ave
Burwood Ave
Fremont Ave
Gloucester
Princeton Ave
Harvard Ave
Oxford Ave
Lehigh Ave
Yale Ave
Ridgeway St
Cumberland St
Somerset St
Monmouth St
S Sussex St
Bergen St
S Burlington St
Spruce St
Market St
Sartori Ave
Remington Ave
W Kings Hwy
8th St
Cherry St
Center St
9th St
Davison St
S Broadway
Barrington
Albany Ave
4th Ave
5th Ave
Reading Ave
Kingston Ave
Austin Ave
Cedar Ave
Cleveland Ave
Reamer Dr
Runnemede
Park St
Singley Ave
Bassett Ave
Holly Ave
Sheppard Ave
N Rowans Ave
Highland Ave
Westmont
Highland Ave
Walton Ave
Elm Ave
Locust Ave
E Crystal Lake
Haddon Heights
Westminster Ave
Chews Landings Rd
Bradshaw Ave
Crest Ave
1st Ave
Bellmawr
Bergen Ave
Union Ave
Park Dr
Center Ave
Market St
“The commission works with the Public Health Environmental Laboratories in Trenton to verify the presence of West Nile Virus and other communicable diseases in their samples,” Nash said. “If a pool tests positive, the Mosquito Commission returns to spray the area. The sprayings take place when the mosquitoes are most active.”
The mosquito spray is not harmful to humans or pets, but you should avoid direct contact if you have respiratory concerns or are sensitive to irritants.
Residents should check their property for any object that holds water for more than a few days. All pre-adult mosquito stages (eggs, larvae, and pupae) must be in stagnant water in order to develop into adult mosquitoes.
- Swimming pools are a common problem. All pools must be checked and maintained to keep them mosquito-free. Swimming pools can breed mosquitoes within days after you stop adding chlorine or other disinfectant. Pool covers can catch rainwater and become a mosquito development site. Add a little chlorine to kill mosquitoes.
- Maintain screens to prevent adult mosquitoes from entering your home or business.
- Personal protection is strongly urged if you are outside when mosquitoes may be active—generally dawn and dusk. Insect repellants containing between 10-35% DEET are very effective, however, be sure to follow the label directions and take extra precautions with children and infants.
The Camden County Mosquito Commission suggests checking around your yard for mosquito breeding containers. The following is a checklist of tips to help eliminate mosquito breeding:
- Dispose of unnecessary containers that hold water. Containers you wish to save turn upside down or put holes in the bottom so all water drains out.
- Lift up flowerpots and dump the water from the dish underneath every week.
- Stock fish or add mosquito larvicide to ornamental ponds.
- Change water in bird baths, fountains, and animal troughs weekly.
- Screen vents to septic and other water tanks.
- Store large boats so they drain and small boats upside down. If covered, keep the tarp tight so water does not pool on top of the tarp.
- Do not dump leaves or grass clippings into a catch basin or streams.
- Do not allow water to collect on sagging tarps or awnings.
- Do not allow trashcan lids to fill with water.
- Check downspouts that are able to hold enough water to allow mosquito larvae to mature.
For more information, or to report a problem, contact the Camden County Mosquito Commission at (856) 566-2945 or skeeters@camdencounty.com.