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Mosquitos BY SUSAN USHER If you thought the mosquitos were already bad, watch out! An onslaught of the pestcrsome insects was due to begin at mid-week and continue for about a wepk p Rick 1 Hickman, Brunswick County mosquito control supervisor, said Monday. He and his spraying crew moves into overtime this week in an effort to contain the outbreak through addij tional spraying. "We're marshalling the full works?five night trucks and two day trucks. "I'd buy some S-12 and stay in the I house," advised Hickman, warning that the area can exDert as rmnv mosquitos as appeared after Hurricane Diana. "Don't turn on a porch light and then go outdoors." Coincidentally, many of the mosquitos that hatch this week were laid in the days immediately following Diana. It took heavy rainfall and flood-level waters to trigger their hatching. Hickman measured more than four inches of rain at his Hickman's Crossroads home and said other parts of the county received five to six inches of rain over a period of several days. Heavy rainfall associated with Hurricane Diana last September i raised rivers and creeks to flood levels. As the water level dropped, mosquitos laid series of eggs along the exposed banks, where they've remained dormant until triggered by the first high water since Diana. Each mosquito that had successfully bred laid from 100 to 300 eggs, depending upon the species. Some laid none, others laid eggs two or more times. "It probably wouldn't amount to anything if it hadn't flooded Sunday night," he added of the expected outhroalr " 11 ' C t\nnn cn r\ r-i ?? K> wouldn't have had the population we're going to have." But the worst is still to come?with jjtf the next six-inch rain, whenever it might occur, said Hickman. ""The I At the push of a bu! out of a bank machine c Wyoming, make an airih out the latest stock marl There's simply no c or not the information a But in all the data p danger that businesses: That looking at a sc important than listening That high-tech will r WATCH Are Coming, > ni \ ^'L ?/fS /| |\ ot ^ J \ w ^ ^ \ \ W ^ ^ ai si next one will be anywhere from one ^ to 10 times greater." Hickman said all areas of the coun- u ty, no matter how isolated, will IT receive at least weekly spraying with n Malathion, an insecticide that kills ^ adult mosquitos. When in the area, a ,jj truck can be asked to spray around a home. p. In addition, Hickman plans a| daytime spraying along the eoastal r( area, where the species Aedes so/licitons, or salt marsh mosquito, causes problems. ol "If it were the size of a humm- SI ingbird, we'd all be dead," he said of V( the pesky coastal insects. "We can get a decent daytime kill with them," Hickman said. Also, in a, the more heavily populated coastal area, houses are closer together 0| without nearby swamps, making a s, daytime spraying program even fj more effective. p "That's where we can deliver the maximum benefit to the largest number of people." This salt marsh mosquito is just y one of 32 types identified in J,, Brunswick County. Hickman's cer- & tain another 15 species are present of j the 50 found within the state: he just a hasn't identified them yet. b, Those he has identified range from Aedot oogypti, a species that carries bj the most diseases, to Pioropboro di cil.oio, or the "gallinipper," which tf has a vicious bite and large size. One ci, type, Wyoomyia haynti, breeds only in the throat of the pitcher plant, a car- vj iv Pus KJNTI III Pi n * SDBBb -* '/i J I ton,you can get money it 4:30 AM in Cheyenne, i ne reservation or check I m mtatinn I k?^v vjuv/uuuvyi 1. question about it: Like it igeisuponus. I rocessing,there's some start processing people I reen will become more \ ; to what people say. s eplace the human touch. OUT! Wosquitos vorous plant found iocally in reen Swamp and vicinity. Because of North Carolina's var imate, northern and southi >ecies live in Brunswick County. "We have mosquitos here that a eed in southern Alaska and r lern Canada." said Hickman. Some breed in warm weatf hers in cool. Some prefer i ater, others fresh or brack ater. Yet others prefer pollu -eas with lots of organic mater ich as cess pools. But they have one thing in c< ion: only the female bites. In it >ecies, egg-laying depends on m lan successful breeding with lale. The female must have a bl leal before she can lay eggs. It n ike two or more days for her igest a blood meal, lay her eggs i len go in search of another bl leal before the egg laying bef ?ain. Typically only one matin) ?quired. Some females bite at night, sc uring the day; some indoors, sc jt of doors. A few are absolul leaky?they cling to clothing w ou go inside after dark, then wait le coast to clear before striking. Some prefer human blood nimal, others aren't very choos; While some are more vicious t thers, they're all pests. W warms are present, Hickman's ce bears the brunt of public c laints. Mosquito Control County methods of controlling ear-round mosquito population nvironmentally sound, Hickt: lid. These range from filling raining potential breeding site: se of a bacteria to kill mosqu efore they mature. Hickman said the larvicide i acteria that carries a mosqi Lsease. When larvae cat the spoi le bacteria begin to multiply ; fstroy their hast. "We didn't put out enough icide to cope with this larg( H-Bl ftm Dui,ami^iND,w jp-trxlate keep us fr yoi Kl ( jfM j i vho'll listen to your p .olutions that fit your Because all of < Are Coming the population," he added. "It wouldn have been cost effective." ied In Brunswick County, dredge spo ;rn islands from Eagle Island to th South Carolina line are a majc ilso source ol mosquitos for the coast. ior- Eagle Island's 11,03 acres < dredge spoil may be the county' ier, most prolific breeding area, wit alt deep cracks in the diving mud tlu ish provide additional surface area fc ted egg deposits, ial. "You want to know where hell is im- It's beneath Eagle Island," sai lost Hickman. Mosquitos from the islar ore infest both Brunswick and Ne a Hanover counties; they cooperate i ood efforts to reduce its mosquito popul: nay tion?a never-ending battle, b to Hickman's account, and fin ?%? ennil 1 I DOG v/" l,,v opvn lauuiud unu in dun ;ins ditches, a "last resort" treatment ii j is volves use of an oil thinned wil detergent. It is treated with a sma ime amount of diazonon, a noi ime organophosphate insecticide, th iely kills mosquitcs that attempt to bra hen through the thin oil slick as for evaporates. (0 Hickman said he prefers restorii the flow of natural streams to insc han ticide spraying and channelizatii hen projects. But last month the sta 0[. legislature mandated that 65 peree Dm. of all state mosquito control motv be used for spraying, not wat management through ditching. this addition to the county's effort are there are simple techniques f nan reducing the mosquito populatii or around the house, Hickman said. 5 lo The easiest method is to clear o los empty containers, from oia tires flower pots and tin cans. s a "Anything that holds wate aito especially around the house, w res, breed mosquitos," he said. "Tin and don't know how much getting rid m<iiiuuik wain win mime im> iin lar- quilo population, especially a row ? a their houses," said Hickinan. re're not going to let staying Dm being down-to-earth. 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