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Charleston County mosquito control outlines spraying, prevention and health risks
Summary
Charleston County Mosquito Control detailed late-night truck sprays, aerial treatments, larvicide use and resident actions during a podcast recorded in early June, citing West Nile virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis as local risks.
Charleston County Mosquito Control described its summer practices and public-health rationale for mosquito control during an early June episode of the Charleston County Connects podcast.
"All mosquitoes require water," said Andrew Pearson, entomologist with Charleston County Mosquito Control, explaining that many county species are floodwater mosquitoes whose eggs hatch after rain. He said the agency uses larvicides, ground truck spraying and aircraft to reduce adult mosquito populations and the diseases they can spread.
The program favors preemptive larval treatments where possible. "We'll treat with things like methoprene, which is an insect growth regulator, and we'll put out briquettes that'll last for up to a hundred and fifty days," Pearson said,…
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