Harney County Mosquito Control

About The Program

Long-Term Benefits

Integrated Mosquito Management

Long-Term Benefits

Addressing the vectors that transmit encephalitis and West Nile to humans, horses and wildlife in and around the Cities of Burns and Hines.

Unified Control

Integrated Mosquito Management

Long-Term Benefits

TRMVC has, with the help of each City and County, created a unified mosquito control program for the Cities of Hines and Burns, within Harney County. Contact the mosquito control program contact for technical and Scientific information. Contact your local jurisdiction regarding political or budgeting questions.

Integrated Mosquito Management

Utilizing an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach to reduce the threat of mosquito borne diseases within Harney County. Source reduction and larviciding is the primary focus of control. When biting mosquito populations exceed the action threshold, ULV fogging will occur when and where needed.

Integrated Mosquito Management

Mosquito Information

The mosquito goes trough a complete metamorphosis. Mosquito eggs are laid on or near water. When the egg is flooded, the egg hatches and a mosquito larva begins swimming. The larvae go through 4 phases (in-stars) before entering the pupal stage. After a couple more days as a pupa, the adult mosquito emerges and flies off, looking for a blood meal and mate.

Controlling, not exterminating

There is no way to exterminate the mosquitoes. We only work to control them. TRMVC utilizes an integrated approach to control mosquitoes, starting with the least toxic methods. Our goal is to reduce the mosquitoes to a tolerable, safe level, using the least amount of pesticides. Larval control, using source reduction and larvicides are the priority. If we can address the trouble-causing sources, adulticides become much less needed.

Mosquito Adulticiding

Only when mosquito populations exceed the threshold, adulticides are applied. Adulticiding can occur in isolated areas of high mosquito populations or city-wide, depending on the populations, disease risk and/or need arises.