Update for July 10th - Delta County

Hello everyone!  We are keeping busy here at Delta County Public Health and Delta County Mosquito Control District.  Sam (my fellow intern) and I have gotten into a solid routine of identifying species from traps on Mondays and Tuesdays and inputting the data into VectorSurv.  We have sent roughly 30 samples containing Culex tarsalis to the lab since we started in mid-June.  

We are not overrun by mosquito density by any means, but some of our trap locations have steadily consisted of about 30 - 70 % tarsalis.  I am going over our lab sample results as I am typing this on our LabOnline program and thankfully there have been no positives for WNV!  

  
For all of you mosquito aficionados - A pic we took of one of the tarsalis from our traps this week.
As you can see, she recently had her blood meal and was about ready to lay her eggs.
  
Yesterday was a hot field day (100+ degrees) on the outskirts of town and we were able to locate some areas where unwanted seepage was occurring and treat them accordingly.

That's about all I have from Delta County this week and look forward to reading all of your updates!

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