Public Notice

 Town of Pelham Mosquito Control Program West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis

 

Spraying to control larval mosquitoes will begin on April 30, 2009 in the Town of Pelham. Larval mosquitoes will be controlled in areas such as marshes, salt marshes, red maple swamps, woodland pools, flooded fields, roadside ditches and flooded storm water basins. Mosquito larvae found in street and parking lot catch basins will also be controlled. The primary control agent will be a bacterium larvacide called Vectobac (BTI) or Vectolex (Bs). This environmentally- friendly biological control is very specific to mosquito larvae and is used worldwide in mosquito control. The bacterium are naturally occurring and will not replicate in the environment. Spraying to control larvae will continue as needed until November 30, 2009. Control agents will only be applied where larvae are collected.