HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem No. 01 - Northwest Mosquito and Vector Control District SlideNORTHWEST MOSQUITO &
VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT
LAKE ELSINORE UPDATE
Presenter: Dr. Mark Breidenbaugh
District Manager
YEAR -END
REVIEW
2022
By the Numbers 2022
•Thousands of mosquitoes trapped, females sorted & tested in 23
pooled aggregates, 0 positive pools of West Nile virus
•Inspections: 7,093
•Treatments: 663
•Service Requests: 330 (mosquitoes, bees, rodents)
Q: Are some people more
prone to mosquito bites?
If you think you might be the person most likely to get bitten by
a mosquito… you may really be more attractive than others....
If this topic is of an immediate interest to you, again, you are not
alone: It is one of the most common questions asked to
entomologists and mosquito control professionals.
A Google scholar search for “different-humans-mosquito-
attraction” yields: 36,000 results. This is a highly-studied
question.
That mosquitoes are likely to bite some people more often than
others is scientific fact! You can complain at your leisure, you
have science on your side.
Q: Why are some people
more likely to be bit?
Bottom line: Smell
Some of the factors are:
-Blood type : a study found that mosquitoes landed on people
with Type O blood nearly twice as often as those with Type A)
- Carbon dioxide : If you are a larger person, you probably release
more carbon dioxide as you breathe
- Exercise and metabolism : lactic acid, uric acid, ammonia, etc
these are components of sweat
- Skin bacteria: USDA scientists point to our feet as a culprit
- Beer : Yep, just one 12-oz beer can increase the feast
- Pregnancy : Since pregnant women tend to have a warmer body
temperature… totally unfair!
Q: How do I protect myself?
-The number one way is to avoid mosquitoes
-Eliminate standing water on your property and
encourage neighbors to do the same
-Avoid times when mosquitoes are active, which is generally
evening, but different species are active at different times
-Wear an U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)
registered repellant
-DEET (20% formula is plenty for about 4 hrs of
protection). Some other scientifically proven formulas
are: IR 3535, Picaridin, and Oil of Lemon Eucalyptus.
Note that all of these are applied to exposed skin, not
clothes.