Public Notice

Town of Exeter

Public Health Mosquito Control Program

West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis

Spraying to control larval mosquitos will begin in May 2007 in the Town of Exeter. Larval mosquitoes will be controlled in areas such as marshes, salt marshes, red maple swamps, woodland pools, flooded fields, roadside ditches and flooded stormwater basins.  Mosquito larvae found in street and parking lot catch basins will also be controlled.  The primary control agent will be a bacterium larvacide called Vectobac (BTI) or Vectolex (Bs). This environmentally- friendly biological control is very specific to mosquito larvae and is used worldwide in mosquito control. The bacterium are naturally occurring and will not replicate in the environment.

Mosquito spraying will begin August 21, 2007 in public areas such as parks and athletic fields.  Control agents will  be applied where larvae are collected. Persons not wishing their properties treated must contact the Town Health Officer in writing @ Ken Berkenbush, 20 Court Street, Exeter, NH 03833-2716.

Information on biological control agents, insecticides, areas likely to be treated or any potential hazards is available upon request to Municipal Pest Management Services, Inc. @ 603-431-0008 or @ swampfixer@verizon.net.  

Municipal Pest Management Services, Inc. will provide mosquito control services for the Town of Exeter in 2006.

Michael Morrison, Entomologist

Municipal Pest Management Services, Inc.