Chatham County Mosquito Control is responsible for providing a comprehensive, cost effective mosquito abatement program for Chatham County and all of its municipalities.
This is accomplished through the implementation and integration of various safe and environmentally sound mosquito control measures to protect all Chatham citizens from pestiferous and medically important mosquitoes.
Chatham County is the most northern coastal county in Georgia, with a land area of approximately 438 square miles.The area includes a variety of aquatic and terrestrial habitats, such as coastal barrier islands, urban landscape, and xeric sandhill regions. Forty species of mosquitoes are known to occur in the county. Chatham County Mosquito Contrtol has a staff of twenty-nine and is fortunate to be an independent county department, reporting directly to the County Manager.
There was a moderate increase in the number of mosquitoes collected during the past week. Much of this increase was attributed to a rise in the number of two vector species of mosquitoes (Culex nigripalpus and Culex quinquefasciatus), both of which have been detected with West Nile virus this year. However, no additional positive West Nile samples from local mosquitoes were uncovered this past week, and temperatures will play a role in mosquito activity over the course of the week. Residents should continue to protect themselves from mosquito bites, and report any mosquito problems directly to us or on-line through our website. Those residents interested in knowing when aerial missions for controlling adult mosquitoes in their area will take place can register on the Smart911 system, please vitsit: https://www.smart911.com/smart911/ref/reg.action?pa=chathamcounty.
It is easy to help stop mosquitoes from reproducing and spreading disease. Mosquitoes need standing water to breed.
Keep all containers around your home free from standing water!