(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 this week, Commissioner Jeff Nash, liaison to the Camden County Mosquito Commission, talked about being cognizant of standing water.
“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 22 between the hours of 2am-6am in the following locations:
Pine Hill
Estates Ct
Estates Rd
Tumerville Rd
Branch Ave
12th Ave
13th Ave
Congress Rd
Daniels Ave
Kayser Ave
11th Ave
10th Ave
Melrose Dr
Country Club Rd
Mac Knight Dr
Richard Ave
Hill Dr
Valle Dr
Kennedy Ct
Club Ct
Lincoln Ln
Madison Ave
Tyler Ln
Ford Ln
Carter Ln
Grant Ln
Monroe Ct
Hancock Ln
Adams Ave
Morrison Dr
Plymouth Rd
Kay Ln
New Brooklyn Rd
Sherri Ln
Lynn Dr
Rhode Island Rd
Rembrandt Ct
Lake Ave
Renaissance Dr
Hickstown Rd
Gristmill Ln
Bromley Estate
Mill Stream Rd
Forrester Ave
Players Ln
Golf View Ct
9th Ave
8th ave
7th Ave
6th Ave
5th Ave
Erial Rd
High Trial
Salom Ct
Mountain Dr
Ridge Run
Grassmur Turn
Clementon
Terrace Ave
Hazel Ln
Evanson Ave
Berkey Ln
Kirk Ln
Osborne Ave
Highland Ave
Sitley Ave
Greenwood Ave
Lindenwold
Jackson Ave
Carlton St
Jefferson Ave
Wilson Ave
Roosevelt Ave
Norcross Rd
“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.