The Mosquito Control program begins the week of April 8, 2024 in the Town of Salem. Crews from Dragon Mosquito Control, Inc. will be checking swamps, marshes, woodland pools, ditches, catch basins, storm drains and other shallow, stagnant water for mosquito larvae. Once the State permit has been approved, treatment of larvae in the water may occur using one or more of the following insecticides:
VectoBac (Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis 2.8%) VectoBac 12 AS (Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis 11.61%)
VectoPrime (Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis 6.07 %, (S)-methoprene 0.10%) Natular (spinosad 2.5%)
BVA 2 Mosquito Larvicide Oil (mineral oil 97.0%) SunSpray MLO (mineral oil 98.8%)
There is no schedule at this time to conduct emergency spraying for disease carrying mosquitoes. The determination to spray adult mosquitoes at town and school owned property is based on mosquito surveillance data, disease test results and weather conditions upon concurrence with town officials. The State Lab in Concord tests mosquitoes for Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), Jamestown Canyon Virus and West Nile Virus. Further communication will be given if emergency spraying is going to take place.
Residents who do not want mosquito treatment to occur in wetlands on their property may use Dragon’s No-Spray Registry at www.dragonmosquito.com/no- spray-registry or you may write to Dragon Mosquito Control, PO Box 46, Stratham, NH 03885. Be sure to include your name, physical address, phone number, house color and acreage. Call 603-734-4144 or email Help@DragonMosquito.com for more information on spray dates, location, material used, precautions or other concerns.