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Orange County Mosquito & Vector Control briefs Laguna Woods council on Aedes, West Nile and sterile‑insect pilot
Summary
An Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District representative briefed Laguna Woods council Aug. 20 on Aedes aegypti, West Nile surveillance, larval controls and a sterile‑insect pilot in Mission Viejo.
A representative of the Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District presented to Laguna Woods city council on Aug. 20, describing mosquito species active in Orange County, local control strategies and a pilot program to reduce Aedes aegypti populations.
The presenter said the district operates an operational laboratory and a grid of traps to collect and test mosquitoes for disease. The district generally reserves spraying for adult mosquitoes only when there is an abundance of vectors and evidence of disease; otherwise staff…
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