Hillsborough County Mosquito Control: spraying guided by data, not a fixed schedule
Hillsborough County Mosquito Control said spray decisions are based on trap surveillance and field inspections rather than a fixed schedule; treatments target dawn and dusk when mosquitoes are most active. The county urged residents to report standing water and use the inspection request system.
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An agency official with Hillsborough County Mosquito Control told a county production segment that the program’s spray operations are guided by surveillance data and inspector field findings rather than a regular timetable. “We don’t have a spray schedule because everything we do is based on data that we collect,” the official said, explaining that treatments follow counts from traps and inspectors’ reports.
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