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Hey all and welcome back to the Mosquito Minute! We are pleased to announce that there are no new cases of West Nile in Harrison County! We still strongly encourage everyone to continue to protect themselves. Always remember; drain stagnant water near your home, wear protective clothing, and limit outside activity at dawn and dusk.…

Welcome back to the mosquito minute! Last week as not a good trapping week for mosquitoes, as it was in the low 40’s at night. This week is looking a lot better in terms of trapping because it is in the 80’s during the day and high to mid-60’s in the evenings. A few weeks…

Welcome back to the Mosquito Minute! We have received our results back from the end of July and we are happy to announce that no mosquitoes have come back positive! We have sent in 368 mosquitoes, 283 have been tested, and we are currently waiting on 4 pools to be tested. In this round of…

Welcome back to the Mosquito Minute! This week we have been quite busy, so trap placing has been a little irregular. Carys is out this week because she has obligations at the Ohio State Fair, so I have been placing the traps this week. This week has also been a little hectic for me as…

Hello, and welcome back to the mosquito minute! We are pleased to announce that all tested mosquito samples returned negative for diseases! These results indicate that 65 mosquitoes have been identified over the last month, with 37 pooled to be tested. Not all are tested; mainly, the culex species of mosquitoes are tested. The 37…

Welcome back to The Mosquito Minute! We hope you enjoyed our first blog post. We had a very eventful week filled with trapping! We placed traps in all 3 regions of the county and collected mosquitoes from almost every single trap. We had plenty of additional bugs to sort through to find the mosquitoes in each…