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.
For the second week in a row the total number of mosquitoes rose over the previous week by almost 20%. This rise had much to do with black salt marsh mosquitoes, Ochlerotatus taeniorhynchus, invading areas along the Savannah River. Culex nigripalpus, known as the Florida Saint Louis Encephalitis mosquito, was also well represented in last week’s trap counts. No West Nile virus samples were recorded last week, although we are still awaiting results on some samples. To date, 39 positive samples have been found from 17 different locations within our service area. 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.
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!