MOSQUITO CONTROL AGENCY:
Burlington County Mosquito Control
Date Established:
1935
Mailing Address:
Mosquito Control, P.O. Box 6000, Mt. Holly, NJ 08060
Telephone:
(609) 265-5064
FAX:
(609) 265-5561
Email:
TVerna@co.burlington.nj.us
Burlington County Mosquito Species List
AGENCY STAFF POSITIONS IN BURLINGTON COUNTY:
- Fulltime: 18
- Part Time: 1
- Seasonal:
MOST IMPORTANT LARVAL HABITAT TYPES IN
BURLINGTON COUNTY (Rank habitat types 1-7, 1 being most important, 7 being least important in your county. Use any criteria you wish.):
- Salt Marsh ( 1 )
- SnowPool ( 7 )
- Woodland Pool ( 1 )
- Freshwater Swamp ( 5 )
- Fresh Floodwater ( 2 )
- Polluted Water ( 4 )
- Artificial Container / Treehole ( 3 )
MOSQUITO MONITORING (SURVEILLANCE) IN
BURLINGTON COUNTY (An "X" indicates part of a program):
- Inspections (x )
- Egg Sampling ( )
- Larval Collections / ID ( x )
- Adult Collections / ID ( x )
- Landing Rates ( x )
- Bite Counts ( x )
- NJ Light Trap ( x )
- CDC Trap ( )
- ABC Trap ( x )
- EVS Trap ( x )
- Gravid Trap ( x )
- Pigeon Baited traps ( )
- Resting boxes ( )
- Emergence Traps ( x )
- Sentinel Chickens ( )
- Disease Surveillance ( x )
- Complaint Managment ( x )
CONTROL PROGRAMS UTILIZED IN BURLINGTON COUNTY
(An "X" indicates part of a program):
- Public Education ( x )
- Site Plan Review ( )
- Water Management
- Hand labor ( x )
- Heavy Equipment ( x )
- Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) ( x )
- Inspections ( x )
- Breeding Site Mapping ( x )
- Larviciding
- Ground Applications ( x )
- Aerial Applications
- Contracted Pilot ( x )
- Agency Pilot ( )
- Pupaciding ( x )
- Adulticiding
- Ground ( x )
- Aerial ( x )
PUBLIC EDUCATION ACTIVITIES INCORPORATED INTO CONTROL PROGRAM
(An "X" indicates part of a program):
- General Mosquito Biology/Control Literature ( x )
- School Presentations ( )
- Presentations To Civic Organizations ( x )
- Participation In Local Health Fairs ( x )
- Participation In County Fairs ( x )
- Participation In State Association Events ( x )
- Identification Of Other Insect Pests ( x )
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