Early Monday morning the Mosquito Control Commission will be in the community spraying and surveilling areas throughout Camden County. During the summer and fall months the commission schedules on an as-needed basis based upon the results of their surveillance efforts and input from the public.
“Each year, our team routinely surveils the community and responds to combat mosquitoes where they are breeding and multiplying,” said Freeholder Jeff Nash, liaison to the Camden County Mosquito Commission. “Although the current forecast for this weekend is dry, we continue to remind residents that the most effective way to reduce the threat of mosquitoes around your home is to remove any standing water after storms or showers. Mosquitoes need standing water to breed, and this simple act can help reduce the pest population in your neighborhood and assist the efforts of the Camden County Mosquito Control Commission.”
The Camden County Mosquito Commission will be conducting ULV “spraying” operations on Monday, May 24th between the hours of 2am-6am in the following locations, weather permitting:
Winslow Twp.
Sugarbush Dr.
St. Moritz Dr.
Breckenridge Dr.
Stowe Ct.
Persia Ct.
Kearsley Rd
Blue Spruce Dr.
Cedar Grove Dr.
Wood Thrush Ave.
Parkview Dr.
High Woods Ave
Mont Blanc Ct.
Cherry Hill
Berlin Rd.
Kresson Rd.
Willard Ave
Moore Ave
Coleman Ave
Tavistock Rd.
Tavistock Ct.
McPhelin Ave
Ponds Ct.
Haddon Ct.
Uxbridge Dr.
Sutton Pl.
Embassy Row
Centennial Dr.
Vanessa Way
Waterford Ct.
Deerchase Ct.
Tindale Ct.
McPhelin Ave
Brace Rd.
Laurel Springs
Bianchini Way
Lincoln Dr.
Vicksburg Rd.
Roanoke Rd.
Spring Hill Dr.
- Fork Rd.
Stone River Rd.
Constitution Rd.
Antietam Dr.
Cedar Creek Dr.
Bull Run Rd.
Stoney Bridge Rd.
Grant Ct.
- Kennedy Dr.
Grant Dr.
Concord Pl.
Brandywine Rd.
Appomattox Dr.
Washington Dr.
Sumter Ct.
Hartford Rd.
Ticonderoga Rd.
Royalty Ln
Chews Landing Clementon Rd.
- Brookline Dr.
- Brookline Dr.
- Brookline Dr.
- Brookline Dr.
Brookline Ct.
Saint Andrews Dr.
Troon Rd.
Dorado Rd.
Dorado Ct.
Jefferson Dr.
Kennedy Dr.
Hamilton Dr.
Colonial Ct.
Madison Dr.
Kennedy Blvd.
Valley Forge Pl.
Shiloh Rd.
Roosevelt Dr.
Adams Dr.
Monroe Dr.
Merrimac Ct
Waterford Twp.
Hayes Mill Rd.
Atco Ave
White Horse Pike
Cooper Folly Rd.
Villas Ct.
Oakton Dr.
Foxton Dr.
Bromley Ct.
Bruno Ln.
Waterfords Edge Ct.
Bartal Ct.
Gibbons Ct.
Gloucester Twp.
Lakeland Rd.
Collier Dr.
County House 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 you can use the Commission’s report form available here, or contact the Camden County Mosquito Commission at (856) 566-2945 or skeeters@camdencounty.com.
