Wetlands and Mosquito Control

Culex pipens is the mosquito that carries West Nile Virus. While Culex mosquitoes can breed in wetlands, their numbers are greatly reduced by naturally occurring diseases and predators that exist in these wetlands. Often these natural controls only exist in an area because of the neighborhood wetlands.

Some feel wetlands should be filled in and drained. While that might give limited short-term control, in the long run it could actually increase the number of Culex mosquitoes in the environment. Filling and draining would destroy some of the mosquito's habitat, but it also kills the diseases and predators that help control Culex mosquitoes.

Culex mosquitoes are opportunistic breeders, preferring man-made habitats to the natural ones. Man-made habitats are the primary source of Culex mosquitoes. ANYTHING that holds water for ten or more days can act as a breeding site. A few examples of man-made habitats are:

Man-made habitats are everywhere and create breeding sites that allow the disease carrying Culex mosquito to proliferate in our communities.

Every Troy resident should check their property weekly and eliminate breeding sites.

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