DATE ESTABLISHED:1914

MAILING ADDRESS: 200 Parsonage Rd Edison, NJ 08837-2118

TELEPHONE #: (732) 549- 0665

FAX#: (732) 603-0280

The purpose of the Middlesex County Mosquito Extermination Commission is to control mosquitoes in the most practical, efficient and least expensive manner. Among the various control methods available to the Commission top priority will be given to water management in our primary goal of preventing mosquitoes from developing to the adult form.

Commissioners / Advisory Board Members:

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

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

MOSQUITO MONITORING (SURVEILLANCE) IN 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 ( x )
• ABC Trap (  )
• EVS Trap ( x )
• Gravid Trap ( x )
• Pigeon Baited traps (  )
• Resting boxes ( x )
• Emergence Traps (  )
• Disease Surveillance ( x )
• Complaint Managment #9; ( x )

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

• Public Education ( x )
• Site Plan Review ( x )
• Water Management
• Hand labor ( x )
• Heavy Equipment ( x )
• Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) ( x )
• Other Fish: Sunfish ( x ), Pothead Minnow ( x )
• Inspections ( x )
• Breeding Site Mapping ( x )
• Larviciding
• Ground Applications ( x )
• Aerial Applications
• Contracted Pilot ( )
• Agency Pilot ( x )
• 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 #9; ( x )
• School Presentations ( x )
• 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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