Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
Bucks County officials will spray for mosquitoes next Tuesday in Middletown and Penndel.
According to a county spokesperson, the Bucks County West Nile Virus Prevention Program will conduct their ultra-low volume mosquito control operation Tuesday, September 6 start at dusk in the Forsythia Gate and Highland Park neighborhoods in the Levittown section of Middletown and Taddie Woods in Penndel.
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“The treatments will be administered via truck-mounted equipment in Middletown Township and backpack in Penndel Borough, spraying mosquito habitats in residential and park locations. The equipment dispenses Duet Dual-Action Adulticide at a rate of 0.75 ounces per acre. The product is designed to provide quick, effective control of adult mosquito populations. The application material has a very low toxicity profile to mammals and will have negligible impact to non-target insects and the environment,” a press release said.
So far this year, nearly 50 mosquitoes in Bucks County have tested positive for West Nile Virus. No locally transmitted cases of the Zika Virus have been reported.
For additional information about adult mosquitoes and West Nile Virus, please go to http://www.westnile.state.pa.us/. The Bucks County Department of Health can be reached at 215-345-3318.
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