City Of New Orleans: City Of New Orleans Mosquito, Termite And Rodent Control Board To Conduct Adult Mosquito Abatement Tonight

Press release from the City of New Orleans:

July 7, 2021

NEW ORLEANS — The City of New Orleans Mosquito, Termite and Rodent Control Board (NOMTRCB) will conduct adult mosquito abatement tonight.

Treatments will be conducted by airplane in lower Algiers in the area bounded by Holiday Drive to the Lower Coast, and Patterson Road to the parish line. Truck applications of adulticides will also take place Uptown in neighborhoods west of Napoleon Avenue and South of S. Claiborne Avenue, and in Hollygrove in the areas bordered by the Mississippi River, I-610, Earhart Expressway, and South Carrollton Avenue. Treatments will take place from 8:15 p.m. to 12:15 a.m., weather permitting.  

Rainfall, especially after multiple days of rain or heavy storms, can significantly increase mosquito populations by creating breeding habitat. Mosquitoes lay eggs in anything that can hold water and can develop from eggs to adults in just a few days. Common breeding habitats include tires, buckets, wheelbarrows, clogged gutters, unkept swimming pools, tarps and other plastics, kiddie pools/water tables and trash cans. 

West Nile and other mosquito-borne viruses are more active in the summer and early fall.

• Reduce mosquito exposure by limiting outdoor activities between dusk and dawn.
• Use air-conditioning and make sure window and door screens are in good repair to prevent mosquitoes from getting inside.  
• Wear long-sleeved shirts and pants while outside.
• The CDC recommends using repellents containing EPA-registered active ingredients including DEET, picaridin, IR3535, or oil of lemon eucalyptus.
• When using insect repellent, always follow the recommendations on the product label.

Protect Your Home

• Eliminate standing water where mosquitoes breed.
• Remove trash and clutter, dispose of discarded tires and containers that can hold water. Turn over wading pools, buckets, trash cans, children's toys, or anything that can collect water.
• Change water weekly in containers that cannot be removed such as pet dishes or bird baths. Scrub the side of the containers with a sponge or brush each week to remove mosquito eggs.
• Rain barrels and other water collection devices must be screened, and collected water should be used within one week.
• Aerate ornamental pools, fountains and sugar kettles or stock them with mosquitofish.
• Report illegal dumping, water leaks and unattended swimming pools by calling 311.
• Call 311 to report other mosquito problems.

• Residents can call 311 to request a bulk waste pickup of up to four tires. Tires should be stacked curbside next to City-issued trash containers.
• Tires in front of abandoned lots, unoccupied properties, or businesses are ineligible for pick up and will not be collected. This issue is currently being addressed through City-coordinated, cooperative efforts towards treatment and removal.

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This press release was produced by the City of New Orleans. The views expressed here are the author’s own.