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By Sherry Koonce, The Port Arthur News, Texas Jul. 29--BEAUMONT -- By Sherry Koonce The News staff writer BEAUMONT -- Increased fuel costs combined with a decrease in the production of some herbicides has county officials refiguring the cost of controlling the area's mosquito population. On Monday, Jefferson County Commissioners voted to amend a Mosquito Control District contract for the purchase of insecticides, herbicides and sprays. For the purchase of Roundup, a petroleum-based...
State Health Secretary Dr. Calvin B. Johnson today reported this year's first confirmed human case of West Nile virus in Pennsylvania. The individual, a 27-year-old Montgomery County female, is recovering and has been discharged from the hospital. "Every case of human infection from West Nile is a reminder that we can take precautions to help reduce the risk of illness," Dr. Johnson said. "The chance of contracting West Nile virus from an infected mosquito is small, and your...
By Samantha Marcus, La Crosse Tribune, Wis. Jun. 23--Weather conditions conspired to create some ideal breeding grounds for mosquitoes in the Coulee Region, experts warn. Dave Geske, a mosquito control expert at the La Crosse County Health Department, said they're seeing huge hatches of the nuisance species as flood waters recede. It was a productive spring for mosquitoes, but it's since become far worse, and approaching humid temperatures will only swell the crop, he said. "There's not...
By Kevin Krolicki DETROIT (Reuters) - Louisiana, struggling to rebuild from Hurricane Katrina, now faces a potential scourge of mosquitoes as insects hatch in storm-created breeding grounds, scientists said on Monday. The expected surge in the mosquito population this summer around New Orleans raises worries about the risk of an accompanying increase in cases of the mosquito-borne West Nile virus, public health officials said. "The mosquitoes have just taken off," said Janet...
By Kevin KrolickiDETROIT (Reuters) - Louisiana, struggling to rebuild from Hurricane Katrina, now faces a potential scourge of mosquitoes as insects hatch in storm-created breeding grounds, scientists said on Monday.The expected surge in the mosquito population this summer around New Orleans raises worries about the risk of an accompanying increase in cases of the mosquito-borne West Nile virus, public health officials said."The mosquitoes have just taken off," said Janet...
Prior to coming to Nevada 16 years ago, David Schooley was a key figure at a small company in Palo Alto, Calif. that developed methoprene, an insecticide that halts the maturation of insect larvae to adults. Â Â Â Â Â Methoprene, which has the same effect as an insect hormone called juvenile hormone, also stops the insect from reproducing. It is being used heavily throughout the United States to help prevent the spread of West Nile Virus.Schooley's contribution to the development...
Tulane researcher seeks to build a better bug trapFor almost an hour at a time, twice a day, two days a week in the deep heat of a Louisiana summer, Dawn Wesson stands in an urban backyard like a human scarecrow, arms spread wide, trying to attract mosquitoes.She wears no repellant, but she does wear full protective gear, including a lightweight coverall with head net and gloves. The two species of mosquitoes that can transmit yellow fever and dengue fever will be attracted to her odor and...
Latest Mosquito control Reference Libraries
The mosquito is a member of the family Culicidae. These insects have a pair of scaled wings, a pair of halteres, a slender body, and long legs. Only the females of most mosquito species suck blood from other animals. Size varies but is rarely greater than 0.6 inch (15 mm). Mosquitoes weigh only about 0.03 to 0.04 grain (2 to 2.5 mg). They can fly at about 0.9 to 1.6 mph (1.5 to 2.5 km/h) and most species are nocturnal. Mosquitoes are believed to have evolved 170 million years ago during...
