Phoenix (3TV/CBS 5) – We usually don’t worry about mosquitoes until monsoon season, but this year things are different after a wet winter. It occurs in areas where there is standing water or standing water.” Maricopa County Environmental Servicesof the county Vector Control Division deploys approximately 800 periodic traps every week. “In thousands of areas that have been identified as having mosquito breeding problems over the years, we monitor them monthly,” he said.

This will determine areas that need treatment, both in areas with high insect populations and in areas with high numbers of virus-carrying mosquitoes. “We count them. We separate them by species. Females are the ones who can carry the virus,” Dillone said.

So far this year Arizona Department of Health Only one case has been reported in the West Nile, Maricopa County says there were no incidents this year2021 was the year with the largest number of West Nile cases in both mosquitoes and humans, with about 1,500 human cases in Maricopa County. As it kept raining, they washed away and washed away, so that’s why we didn’t see as much mosquito activity as people were expecting,” Dillone said. He said.

If your neighborhood has an area with lots of mosquitoes, Maricopa County has it. the website making the complaint.

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