Mosquito Control
Part of ChathamCountyGA.govChatham 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.
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Mosquito Forecast
For February, 2026
January was for the most part a very cold month that did not favor much in the way of mosquito activity. In fact, after the first week of the new year when traps averaged about 47 mosquitoes each, the rest of the month yielded well under ten mosquitoes per trap. However, despite the slow start to the season, we have already encountered our first West Nile virus positive mosquito sample. The sample consisted of a group of Culex restuans, sometimes referred to as the “white-dotted” mosquito because of the appearance of two white spots on their thorax. This is an early season species of mosquito that primarily feeds on birds, so its detection with virus here is not totally unexpected. However, this is the first time that this species has been detected with virus in Chatham County, and it is the first time we have ever seen a positive mosquito sample in January.. If you wish to receive notifications of upcoming aerial adulticide missions in your region of the county, please register on the Smart911 system at: https://www.smart911.com/smart911/ref/reg.action?pa=chathamcounty.
Chatham County Mosquito Control
(912) 790-2540
https://chathamcountyga.qscend.com
Want to know when we are spraying?Mosquito Prevention
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!
