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.
As September comes to an end and a change in the weather begins to take hold, we see a definite change in the mosquito populations as well. Although many of our weekly traps continue to catch numerous mosquitoes, the types of mosquitoes are beginning to change. Yet, this change doesn’t necessarily mean an end to our mosquito season. Cooler temperatures in our region may make mosquitoes lazy, but it doesn’t get rid of them, and a number of these cooler weather mosquito species like to bite people. No new West Nile mosquitoes were reported last week, although we are awaiting confirmation of a member of the flavivirus group (which includes West Nile virus) from one of our chicken sentinels. If you would like to receive notifications of aerial adult mosquito missions in your area during the 2023 season, register on the county’s Smart911 system at: 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!