Mosquito activity was minimal over the winter months due to the cooler temperatures and drier weather. Now that spring has arrived with warmer temperatures and rainfall, mosquitoes will breed more. The wetlands and conservation areas are natural breeding habitats, and in the spring, mosquitoes will fly out of the wetlands to look for a potential breeding site, which is a standing water source.
The District continues its mosquito control activities throughout the year for the safety (from mosquito-borne diseases) and comfort of Celebration’s residents and guests. The activities listed below are performed regularly by Clarke Mosquito Control as part of the District’s comprehensive mosquito control program within the community. As mosquito activity increases, various components of the treatment plan will also increase.
- Surveillance and Trap Counts: determining if the numbers and types of mosquitoes warrant treatment. Once the counts meet the threshold for spraying, then the contractor will perform adulticide treatments.
- Adulticiding: spraying a low volume of water-based chemical to reach and eliminate adult mosquitoes on contact.
- Larviciding: eliminating the population of adult mosquitoes by treating catch basins and other larval sites throughout the community.
- Barrier Applications: providing a “shield” between the wetland and the community.
- Personal Analysis: meeting with individual home owners upon request to identify potential mosquito-breeding areas and how to reduce them.
While the District undertakes a very comprehensive mosquito control program that is quite effective, no program will be 100% effective, residents should also consider taking proactive measures to reduce and eliminate possible breeding habitats for mosquitoes looking to lay their eggs in such potential sites as bird baths, water fountains, pet water dishes, kiddie swimming pools, and other water-collection sites.
- Pellets and other chemical products are available for retail purchase to treat standing water sites and also to apply outdoors to help minimize mosquito activity.
- Clarke Mosquito Control also offers individual treatments and products to home owners for individual purchase.
For more information on this subject or informational brochures, please visit our website, www.CelebrationCDD.org, under Field Services/Mosquito Control. You may also contact us at 407-566-1935 or admin@CelebrationCDD.org with any questions or comments, or submit a ticket on the My Celebration FL app.