MOSQUITO CONTROL AGENCY: Hudson County Mosquito Control

DATE ESTABLISHED: 1912

MOST IMPORTANT LARVAL HABITAT TYPES IN HUDSON COUNTY (Rank habitat types 1-7, 1 being most important, 7 being least important in your county. Use any criteria you wish.):

• Salt Marsh ( 3 )
• SnowPool ( 7 )
• Woodland Pool ( 5 )
• Freshwater Swamp ( 1 )
• Fresh Floodwater ( 4 )
• Polluted Water ( 2 )
• Artificial Container / Treehole ( 6 )

MOSQUITO MONITORING (SURVEILLANCE) IN HUDSON 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 ( )
• EVS Trap ( )
• Gravid Trap ( x )
• Pigeon Baited traps ( )
• Resting boxes ( )
• Emergence Traps ( )
• Disease Surveillance ( x )
• Complaint Management ( x )

CONTROL PROGRAMS UTILIZED IN HUDSON COUNTY (An "X" indicates part of a program):

• Public Education #9; ( x )
• Site Plan Review ( x )
• Water Management #9;
• Hand labor ( x )
• Heavy Equipment ( x )
• Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) ( x )
• Other Species: Sunfish ( x )
• Inspections ( x )
• Breeding Site Mapping ( x )
• Larviciding #9;
• Ground Applications ( x )
• Aerial Applications #9;
• Contracted Pilot #9; ( x )
• Agency Pilot ( )
• Pupaciding ( x )
• Adulticiding
  • Ground ( x )
  • Aerial ( )

PUBLIC EDUCATION ACTIVITIES INCORPORATED INTO CONTROL PROGRAM (An "X" indicates part of a program):

• General Mosquito Biology/Control Literature #9; ( x )
• School Presentations ( )
• Presentations To Civic Organizations ( x )
• Participation In Local Health Fairs ( x )
• Participation In County Fairs ( )
• Participation In State Association Events ( x )
• Identification Of Other Insect Pests ( x )

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