Spring is here and that means it's time for spring cleaning. All the rain we received this winter and the warm weather following is the perfect recipe for mosquito breeding. Items in your yard can be an ideal place for mosquitoes to grow. To prevent mosquitoes from breeding in your yard make sure to tip over any containers that are holding or could hold water. If you have a pond, water through, or…

Unmaintained swimming pools are a significant problem during the summer months because they can produce thousands of mosquitoes in a short amount of time. Each year our District conducts an aerial fly over of the County to identify unmaintained swimming pools. We then contact each of these pools owners to make sure they are not breeding mosquitoes. Possible mosquito control efforts for…

Aedes aegypti, an invasive mosquito, has recently been found in the nearby counties of Stanislaus, San Joaquin, Sacramento, and Placer. This non-native mosquito can spread diseases such as chikungunya, dengue, and Zika. The Aedes aegypti mosquito is not currently known to be in Alameda County, but we encourage residents to eliminate items in their yard that could hold water. Aedes aegypti only…

This past September, the District had a research article published in the Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association titled “Assessing Mosquito Breeding Sites and Abundance Using An Unmanned Aircraft.” Our Laboratory Director Eric Haas-Stapleton, Ph.D., led the study with the help of other District staff. The article describes our use of the District's drone to locate and quantify…