Adulticiding
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Adulticiding is not as ecologically safe
as larviciding, there for it is used as a "last resort" approach. It
is currently the only treatment for control of adult mosquitoes. Our
primary goal at CCMCD is to control the population of adult mosquitoes
even before they become flying, biting, disease spreading adults.
Although the mosquito industry's tactics, products, and technologies do
get better every
year, it's nearly impossible to larvicide all of Citrus County every
3-4 days. With warm wet weather conditions, some mosquito species can grow
through the stages from egg to adult in as little as 3-4 days. This
makes the
adulticiding program necessary for us to control the adult mosquitoes
around populated areas of the county.
Methods of Adult Mosquito Control
ULV
Spraying
- ULV or Cold Ultra Low
Volume
Spraying is a widely used form of a mosquito fog. It uses a type of
mist
sprayer or air pump to disperse the product in the air as a fog. The
machines are calibrated and the products are measured in micrometers
droplets.
ULV spraying is superior over the older
thermal
fogging. Thermal fogging was
phased out in almost all mosquito control programs in Florida near the
late 70's. Thermal fogging used diesel fuel to carry the
product through the air in a smoke cloud. The heat from the thermal
fogging process would destroy some of the
active ingredients effecting the efficacy of the product. There for,
more product was used in thermal fogging to achieve the same kill rate
and coverage as with ULV spraying. This allowed the trucks to carry a
larger payload and use less product with little pollution. Some ULV
machines are powered by
electric fans and electric mist sprayers making them very quite and
economical to use during late hours of the night.
At CCMCD, ULV spraying is carried out using our ULV trucks and ULV attachments on ATV's.
Equipment
and Specifications
(click on a picture to view the
specs)
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