Buzzbusters

Nassau County Mosquito Monitoring

Buzzbusters Mosquito Surveillance Data

The Buzz Busters are a volunteer group of Master Gardeners that help Nassau County Mosquito Control by monitoring mosquito populations the county. The Buzz Busters use a pest control strategy called Integrated Pest Management (IPM). Using IPM means collecting the most information about the pest and treating it in the most environmentally efficient manner.

From May to October the volunteers use modern trapping techniques to monitor the adult and juvenile mosquito populations weekly within their assigned zone. The trapped mosquitoes are used in a variety of ways. First, if a body of water has a large enough population of mosquito larvae, they are treated using eco friendly insecticides. This is an efficient way to kill mosquito populations because once they are air born, they are harder to target. Second, if enough adults are collected the county is notified about the high population and will spray insecticides to kill the flying adults. Third all of the mosquito samples are sent to the University of Florida Medical Entomology Lab in Vero Beach where the information is used with other mosquito population information from all over Florida.

• The Mosquito
• Mosquitoes Associated with Stormwater Retention Areas
• Mosquito Repellants
• Diseases associated with mosquito bites:
• West Nile Virus
• St. Louis Encephalitis
• Malaria

 

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