(Lindenwold, NJ) – Early Friday morning the Mosquito Control Commission will be in the community spraying and surveilling areas throughout Camden County. The summer weather has created an ideal environment for mosquitoes to breed.
With rain in the forecast for the weekend, Commissioner Jeff Nash, liaison to the Camden County Mosquito Commission, talked about being cognizant of standing water.
“It’s important to remember that after any rainfall, homeowners should check their yard and remove any standing water to help eliminate the threat of mosquitos,” Nash said. “Mosquitos need standing water to breed, so you can help keep them off your property by removing water from places like flowerpots and containers. This helps us reduce the pest population in your neighborhood, and it assists the efforts of the Camden County Mosquito Control Commission.”
The Camden County Mosquito Commission will be conducting ULV “spraying” operations on Friday, July 1 between the hours of 2am-6am in the following locations:
Mount Ephraim
Lowell Ave
Baird Ave
Grant Ave
Liberty Ave
Lincoln Ave
Davis Ave
Garfield Ave
Winthrop Ave
Harding Ave
Linwood Ave
S Oak Ave
Northmont Ave
Green Ave
Gaskill Ave
Lambert Ave
Cedar Ave
Hartka Ave
Myrtle Ave
N Oak Ave
Camden
N 34th St
Rowe St
N 35th St
Fairfax Dr
N 36th St
Pleasant St
Bellmawr
Creek Rd
S Bell Rd
Cornelia Dr
Meyner Dr
Thomas Ave
W Browning Rd
Forrest Dr
Peach Rd
Stratford
Washington Ave
Curtis Ave
Cooper Ave
Renssalaer St
Colby Ave
Central Ave
Webster Ave
Bonnie Rd
Beaver Cr
Temple
Winding Way Rd
Bynmawr Ave
Robert Rd
Knoll Rd
Knoll Ct
Parkview Rd
Sunnybrook Rd
Sunnybrook Ct
Buttonwood Rd
Cornell Ave
Columbia Ave
E Vassar Ave
N Kirkwood Ave
Magnolia
Jackson Ave
Madison Ave
Harrison Ave
Otter Branch Dr
Wilson Rd
Charles Rd
Lincoln Ave
Wilson Rd
Charles Rd
Brooke Ave
Grant Ave
Sherwood Ave
Lawnside
Atlantic Ave
W Oak Ave
Gloucester City
Hunter St
Powell St
6th St
Market St
7th St
Barrington
Erie Ave
2nd Ave
Haines Ave
Barrington Ave
Trenton Ave
Haddon Heights
Narbeth Ave
Wynnefield Ave
Wayne Ave
New Jersey Ave
Brooklawn
Nansen Ave
Noreg Pl
Maude Ave
Christiana St
Haakon Rd
Sicklerville
Decatur Ln
Drexel Ct
Drexel Gate Dr
Dover Ln
Eastmont Ln
Vanderbilt Ct
Villanova Ct
Edgeview Ln
Fredrick St
Celia St
Rosalind CR
Due Dr
Jaques Ct
Touchtone Ct
Cross keys Berlin Rd
Anchor Rd
Arcadian Dr
S Grove St
Wimbledon Run
Webster CT
Waltham Run
Catherine CT
Walton Ct
Eagle Ct
Berlin
Westbury Dr
Buckingham Dr
Cambridge Ln
Kensington Ln
Atco
Deer Pond Blvd
Sunset Ave
Rising Ave
Pinehurst Dr
Columbia Dr
Colgate Rd
Briarcliff Rd
Dartmouth Dr
Harvard Rd
Colgate Ct
Cornell RD
Yale Rd
Princeton Rd
Josie Ln
Virginia Dr
Bartram Ave
W Atlantic Ave
Auburn Ave
Carl Hasselhan
School House Ln
Atco Ave
Almira Ave
Bellevive Ave
Camila Ave
Waterford
Middle Ave
Conrad Ave
Chews Rd
Station Ln
Victoria Ln
Condo Ave
Brookfield Ln
West Berlin
Hopewell Rd
Hilltop Rd
Jackson Rd
Joyce Way
Willis Ave
Central Ave
Cedar Ave
“The commission works with the Public Health Environmental Laboratories in Trenton to verify the presence of West Nile Virus and other communicable diseases in their samples,” Nash said. “If a pool tests positive, the Mosquito Commission returns to spray the area. The sprayings take place when the mosquitoes are most active.”
The mosquito spray is not harmful to humans or pets, but you should avoid direct contact if you have respiratory concerns or are sensitive to irritants.
Residents should check their property for any object that holds water for more than a few days. All pre-adult mosquito stages (eggs, larvae, and pupae) must be in stagnant water in order to develop into adult mosquitoes.
- Swimming pools are a common problem. All pools must be checked and maintained to keep them mosquito-free. Swimming pools can breed mosquitoes within days after you stop adding chlorine or other disinfectant. Pool covers can catch rainwater and become a mosquito development site. Add a little chlorine to kill mosquitoes.
- Maintain screens to prevent adult mosquitoes from entering your home or business.
- Personal protection is strongly urged if you are outside when mosquitoes may be active—generally dawn and dusk. Insect repellants containing between 10-35% DEET are very effective, however, be sure to follow the label directions and take extra precautions with children and infants.
The Camden County Mosquito Commission suggests checking around your yard for mosquito breeding containers. The following is a checklist of tips to help eliminate mosquito breeding:
- Dispose of unnecessary containers that hold water. Containers you wish to save turn upside down or put holes in the bottom so all water drains out.
- Lift up flowerpots and dump the water from the dish underneath every week.
- Stock fish or add mosquito larvicide to ornamental ponds.
- Change water in bird baths, fountains, and animal troughs weekly.
- Screen vents to septic and other water tanks.
- Store large boats so they drain and small boats upside down. If covered, keep the tarp tight so water does not pool on top of the tarp.
- Do not dump leaves or grass clippings into a catch basin or streams.
- Do not allow water to collect on sagging tarps or awnings.
- Do not allow trashcan lids to fill with water.
- Check downspouts that are able to hold enough water to allow mosquito larvae to mature.
For more information, or to report a problem, contact the Camden County Mosquito Commission at (856) 566-2945 or skeeters@camdencounty.com.