SERVICE ALERTS
September 17, 2021: ULV Spraying has ended for the season and will resume around Memorial Day, 2022. We continue to monitor for mosquito viruses and will perform an intervention should it become necessary.
September 17, 2021: Westwood and Dedham residents, please click here for information regarding an aerial larvicide occurring on Monday, September 20th.
On Tuesday September 7th, The Norfolk County Mosquito Control District applied a granular larvicide by helicopter to the flood waters of the Neponset River. The remnants of Hurricane Ida dropped 3-4” of rain on August 30-31 and caused the banks of the Neponset River to flood. This flooding hatched untold numbers of mosquito eggs into larvae. Probably in the trillions of larvae in the towns of Milton, Dedham, Westwood, Canton, Norwood and northern Sharon. While we still expect an uptick in mosquito numbers in neighborhoods adjacent to the river floodplain, this application will avoid a serious outbreak of the sort that occurred after the remnants of hurricane Elsa passed over the area in July.
September 13, 2021: Our Tire Recycling program has resumed.
- Notification of Evening ULV Spraying
- The Tick App. The Tick App team at Columbia University is seeking partnership with Health Departments in the Northeast region. The app is available for free at the app store or google play, and could be used as a passive surveillance tool for tick exposure. As of May 2020, we have more than 3000 downloads. As more people participate in the app we can better understand tick exposure patterns over time in specific locations. This year we are aiming to partner with Health Departments and Vector control units across the Northeast region to promote The Tick App and, in turn, receive tick encounter data aggregated at a zip code level. This data would help the recipient Health Department identify tick risk in their area of influence. If you are interested and would like to partner with us, please contact Maria Diuk-Wasser at mad2256@columbia.edu
- Notification of Aerial Larvicide
- Norfolk County Mosquito Control featured on Chronicle, June 5, 2018!
- New Study on effects of ULV Spray on honeybees
- Commission Meeting Minutes and Meeting Notices/Agenda
- Close up video of how a mosquito uses six needles to suck your blood
- Massachusetts Mosquito Borne Disease Isolations. – MA Department of Public Health
- Can bats really eat 1,000 mosquitoes per hour?
Helpful Resources
- To EXCLUDE your property from spraying, please Click here for the exclusion form.
- Construction sites can provide numerous breeding habitats for mosquitoes! Here is a helpful resource from Miami-Dade County, FL to help reduce mosquito breeding on construction sites.
- EPA Mosquito Control Guide
- Learn more about the products we use!
- Budget Notification and Compliance for FY 2022 Budget
- 2019 Annual Reports
- Mosquito Awareness Week- YouTube Playlist
- Risk of disease from mosquito and tick bites
- Zika Virus information Zika Virus – CDC. Especially relevant if you plan to travel outside the U.S.
- Although we do not offer tick control, here are some suggestions to reduce the chances of contracting a tickborne disease
- Need help or information on ticks, bed bugs, and head lice? Visit IdentifyUs
- Find documents related to the Children and Families Protection Act
