Mosquito Vector Control
for Orange County
Brian Brannon
Public Information Officer
Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control
Our Mission
Educate and protect the people of Orange County
from vectors and prevent vector -borne diseases in
an environmentally responsible manner.
1 Integrated Vector Management
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• Education: outreach, presentations,
literature, web info, social media
• Surveillance: testing pathogens in
mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, rodents, birds,
and opossums
• Control of mosquitoes, RIFA, rats, filth flies
■ Source reduction — eliminate breeding
■ Biological
control
— mosquito
fish
■ Chemical
control —
larvicide,
adulticide
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Aedes aegyptiff Life Cycle
• Aedes aegypti can
complete their life cycle
(from egg to adult) in
- about 5 to 7 days.
Adult Eggs can survive without
water for years and hatch
when water is present,
Larvae Pupa and conditions are right.
Can transmit dengue,
a
yellow fever virus,
,
chikungunya,
and Zika.
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What You Can Dom. Take Charge
• Clean up clutter in your yard.
• Don't grow plants in water -filled buckets or
vases —even indoors.
• Remove saucers from under potted plants.
• Remove bromeliads and other plants
that naturally hold water.
• Scrub outdoor containers that have
held water with hot, soapy water to
kill mosquito eggs. Store in a dry place.
What We Dom. Drone Program
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Zero footprint on marshes and
sensitive lands
Smaller and more precise
treatments
Improved irrigation monitoring
Enhanced mosquito
larvae detection
What We Dom. Sterile Insect Technique
Contact Us
• [email protected]
• www.ocvector.org
• Social media @ocvector
• Customer service line:
(714) 971-2421