What Have We Learned: A Conversation on 15 Years of Spinosad Use in Public Health Symposium
What Have We Learned: A Conversation on 15 Years of Spinosad Use in Public Health Symposium
Lee County Mosquito Control District (LCMCD) utilizes the active ingredient spinosad as an integral part of larval mosquito control. With formulations lasting up to 180d, the use of extended release spinosad allows district personnel increased efficiency in the busy summer months. Along coastal marsh habitats, LCMCD routinely utilizes a 30d extended release granular to limit repeated treatments of larval sites. Through great cooperation with our partners from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), LCMCD has worked into agreement the use of extended release larvicide on FDEP and USFWS lands in Lee County. The use of extended-release products over these areas has led to less disturbance from aircraft over lands deemed of sensitive nature by our land managing partners. The decreased treatments also have led to fewer disturbance from hikers and bird watchers enjoying the properties we seek to protect.