SEASON SUMMARY FOR
BRISTOL COUNTY MOSQUITO CONTROL PROJECT 2008
Wayne Andrews & Priscilla Matton
Bristol County MCP
140 North Walker St.
Taunton, MA 02780
ABSTRACT
Bristol County Mosquito
Control Project, Massachusetts was in High Risk for WNV and EEE this year for
most of the season. A comprehensive
review and chronology on how we got there and what happened throughout the season
will be presented. This will include
Minimum Infection Rates for all major species involved such as Culiseta melanura and the Culex pipiens/restuans complex. Additional details of a salt pond closure
that created a freshwater impoundment and its impact on populations of the
mosquitoes Ochlerotatus taeniorhynchus,
Ochlerotatus sollicitans and Culex
salinarius will also be covered.