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To find your address and in which spray area it is located, click on the link below. In upper left hand corner click on "done" button. In the middle of screen at top, click on "mapping" button. In upper right hand corner where it states: "Find Areas," type in your address, city and zip code and it will take you to your street address. Click on the map near your address and the spray area number will appear. To interact with the map, use your mouse wheel to "increase" or "decrease" the map size

May 23, 2012

                                                                  NOTICE                                       

Brevard County experiences extreme and heavy mosquito breeding activity countywide with Central Brevard, (Merritt Island) and the south beaches being impacted the most.   The salt marsh mosquitoes are the main culprit and  are aggressive daytime and nighttime biters and are prolific breeders that hatch in broods with tens of  millions of mosquitoes going to wing at one time.

Facts to remember:

• Though the salt marsh mosquito is not a disease carrying insect for mosquito to human transmitted disease, it is important to note that there is zero virus activity in Brevard County. 
• The 2011 mosquito season in Brevard County:

               Saw mosquito activity more than double than what has been experienced in

                          this region over the past few years. 

               The District treated more acres this year than what was treated in 2009

                         and 2010 combined. 

                   Mosquito treatments increased over 250% from 2010.. 

• We continue to have field staff working  6-7 days a week throughout the county beginning at 6:30 a.m. to approximately 2 a.m. conducting field counts, monitoring traps, dipping for larvae, larviciding and adulticiding, (killing adult mosquitoes).  Due to the vast amount of salt marshes that exist in Merritt Island, South Beaches and other areas of the county, in addition to chemical control for mosquitoes, the District relies on mosquito impoundments to control the salt marsh mosquito.  Unlike fresh water mosquitoes, salt marsh mosquitoes lay their eggs in moist to dry soil just above the current water level and wait for rain, tidal fluctuations or other water rise events to submerge the eggs so they can hatch.  A square inch of salt marsh soil has been known to hold over 20,000 mosquito eggs.

Due to drought conditions experienced so far this year, the impoundments are not yet fully operational in these areas.  As the average salt marsh mosquito lives 30 days,  we expect that the controlling effect of the impoundments will not be fully felt until July or August of this year.  Until that time, any rain event will cause mosquitoes to hatch in a 5 to 7 day period in any area that holds water.   Though the district is scheduling adult mosquito treatments nightly and have a kill effect of 90% on the specific targeted brood, new broods can hatch the following day and it may appear that no treatments have taken place or that mosquito populations have increased. 

It is also important to note that mosquito treatments cannot take place if it is raining or winds exceed 10 to 15 mph by truck and air.  We invite you to view our website at ww3.brevardcounty.us/mosquito    which provides the areas to be treated nightly.  You can also view the areas that were successfully treated the previous evening.  Our daily phone message is updated every day by 2:00 p.m.  Please call 321-264-5032, extension 1 and those spray areas scheduled for treatment each evening will be listed.

A Fully Integrated Mosquito Control Program: 

For Information:

• For areas south of Wickham/I-95, call: 321-952-4523
• For areas north of Wickham/I-95, call: 321-264-5032/321-264-6413
• For Aquatic Weed Control call: 321-264-5032 or 321-264-6413
• West Nile Virus Hot Line: 1-800-477-4492
• Our office hours are:
• North Area  7:30 AM to 4:00 PM Monday through Friday
• South Area  6:30 AM to 3:00 PM Monday through Friday

Please send questions and comments to: mosquito.control@brevardcounty.us. Include name and address.