Environmental and Health Services

Mosquito Plan

City of Dallas Mosquito Control Plan

What the City is doing

• Collecting and trapping mosquitoes at 65-75 citywide sites
• Collecting wild birds; submitting them for testing
• Recording and tracking reports of dead blue jays, crows and hawks
• Tracking reports of equine (horses), other animals, and human cases as provided by Texas Department of Health and Dallas County Health Department
• Monitoring known breeding sites and applying larvicide
• Checking identified locations from citizen complaints; applying larvicide if needed
• Enforcing City codes for litter and standing water problems
• Stocking Gambusia (minnows that eat mosquito larva) in standing water that cannot be emptied
• Treating storm drains in areas identified by collections from surveillance

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