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Cape May County Mosquito Control Commission

Cape May County Mosquito Control Commission

July 11, 2006

Photo: Mosquitoes are collected from light traps, gravid traps, and carbon dioxide traps set up throughout the state and brought to the Cape May County Mosquito Control Commission. Mosquitoes are identified (by species) and counted; with all data entered into a spreadsheet. Currently, there are 45 different mosquito species in Cape May County.

Mosquitoes are collected from light traps, gravid traps, and carbon dioxide traps set up throughout the state and brought to the Cape May County Mosquito Control Commission. Mosquitoes are identified (by species) and counted; with all data entered into a spreadsheet. Currently, there are 45 different mosquito species in Cape May County.


Photo: Senior Associate Dean Art Brown looks at a map of mosquito-cide spraying targets (Cape May County marshlands/wetlands, which comprise two-thirds of the county). The pesticides are sprayed via helicopter using a sophisticated geographic information system (GIS) that allows users to know exactly how much was sprayed and where it was sprayed.

Senior Associate Dean Art Brown looks at a map of mosquito-cide spraying targets (Cape May County marshlands/wetlands, which comprise two-thirds of the county). The pesticides are sprayed via helicopter using a sophisticated geographic information system (GIS) that allows users to know exactly how much was sprayed and where it was sprayed.


Photo: The Cape May County Mosquito Control Commission tests chickens at its facility and from throughout the state for bird flu.

The Cape May County Mosquito Control Commission tests chickens at its facility and from throughout the state for bird flu.


Photo: Art Brown looks at the Mosquito Control Commission's helicopters. Containers, such as the one with the Commission's logo, are filled with Temephos, used in a granular formulation as a larvacide, and malathion as an adulticide. The helicopter-mounted ultra-low-volume system is then used to spray the pesticides over designated area. Both organophosphates degrade rapidly in the environment and do not bioaccumulate.

Art Brown looks at the Mosquito Control Commission's helicopters. Containers, such as the one with the Commission's logo, are filled with Temephos, used in a granular formulation as a larvacide, and malathion as an adulticide. The helicopter-mounted ultra-low-volume system is then used to spray the pesticides over designated area. Both organophosphates degrade rapidly in the environment and do not bioaccumulate.


Photo: The Cape May County Mosquito Control Commission maintains a lab that tests mosquitoes for the presence of West Nile disease, Eastern Equine Encephalitis, and others.

The Cape May County Mosquito Control Commission maintains a lab that tests mosquitoes for the presence of West Nile disease, Eastern Equine Encephalitis, and others.


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