EAC discusses localized mosquito-control techniques using bacterial larvicides
Members reviewed mosquito management strategies including the use of BTI bacteria in small containers and commercial mosquito dunks to target larvae; no borough-wide program was adopted.
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The council discussed mosquito management strategies that rely on naturally occurring bacterial larvicides (BTI) placed in small water containers to attract egg-laying females; larvae ingest the bacteria and die. The minutes describe using a five-gallon bucket with grass or straw plus a mosquito dunk (commercial larvicide) as an approach to reduce standing-water breeding sites.
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