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1 MOSQUITO CONTROL & CHANGES TO THE WEST NILE VIRUS PROGRAM 2012

2 OVERVIEW What is West Nile Virus? What is the difference between a WNV and a Nuisance Mosquito Control Program? What did the program look like this year (changes) What were the challenges?

3 BETWEEN 2005 & 2011, THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH SERVICES OFFERED WNV RISK REDUCTION GRANT FUNDING FOR MUNICIPALITIES, FIRST NATIONS AND REGIONAL DISTRICTS IN THE PROVINCE. THE RDCO HAS BEEN APPLYING FOR THIS FUNDING EACH YEAR. THIS FUNDING HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED AS OF 2012 BWP Consulting Inc. has been contracted to assist with the RDCO WNV program since 2005 and the has been the responsible for the program since 2011 (2012 is second year of five year contract)

4 WEST NILE VIRUS WNV is an arbovirus spread by insects Arrived in North America in 1999 Arrived in British Columbia in mosquito pools, two humans and 2 horses found infected in the RDOS Detected again in 2010 with one human case and a number of infected birds in the Central Okanagan Horse confirmed positive in Central Okanagan in 2011

5 The West Nile Virus Cycle

6 WEST NILE VIRUS Causes illness in 20% of infected individuals 1% of infected individuals suffer serious illness Transmission is interrupted through prevention of mosquito bites (personal protection or mosquito control) Not all mosquitoes can transmit WNV

7 First some biology?

8 BASIC MOSQUITO BIOLOGY: 29 species of mosquitoes have been identified in the RDCO Females require blood meal to develop eggs Males are pollinators of grasses All larvae develop in standing water

9 MOSQUITO LIFECYCLE- FOUR STAGES ADULT

10 EGGS

11 LARVA (FOUR INSTARS) Coquillettidia (Mansonia) Anopheles Culiseta Culex

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13 PUPA (UH-OH)

14 FEMALE MOSQUITOES: Nuisance Mosquitoes (Aedes/Ochlerotatus) Lay eggs in soil Eggs become wet with rising water (floodwater mosquitoes) Larvae develop in 5 days to 10 days Adults emerge in clouds and can be incredibly aggressive Usually only bite once, lay eggs and die Short lived (depending on temp) More abundant in early season (May-early July) Disease Vectors (transmit West Nile Virus) (Culex/Culiseta) Lay eggs on surface of water Eggs hatch within day or two Larvae develop in about 7-10 days Adults emerge throughout summer, not aggressive to humans Females bite many times (every 2 weeks depending on the weather) Relatively long-lived Later season (Late June through August)

15 FEMALE MOSQUITOES: Selective about who they bite: Bird biters Human biters Horse biters Frog biters Selective about where they lay their eggs- (so we know where to look for them!): Saline ponds Highly polluted ditches Urban versus rural West Nile virus vectors lay eggs, in containers, polluted habitats, catch basins, ditches, flooded fields Nuisance mosquitoes lay eggs in flooded fields, near snowmelt and floodwater habitat

16 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A NUISANCE MOSQUITO CONTROL PROGRAM & WNV VECTOR CONTROL PROGRAM Nuisance: Target floodwater & snowmelt Mission creek flooding Cattail ponds WNV Program Target permanent ponds Target water left after floods Catch basins (Culex pipiens) Ditches

17 WHAT WERE THE COMPONENTS OF THE RDCO NUISANCE MOSQUITO CONTROL PROGRAM? Surface water larviciding in floodwater and snowmelt habitats. Treat Aedes, Ochlerotatus, Anopheles & Coquillettidia larvae Larviciding in Kelowna, small area of West Kelowna, Lake Country and the Electoral Areas

18 WHAT ARE THE COMPONENTS OF THE COMBINED WNV AND NUISANCE MOSQUITO CONTROL PROGRAM? 1. Public education 2. Mosquito Surveillance 3. Mosquito Control

19 1. Public education Radio, newspaper & Castanet Published a brochure & poster boards Issued press releases Booths at Farmer s Market, Kokanee Salmon Fest, Street Festivals, Fintry Fair, events in Lake Country

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22 2. Mosquito Surveillancetrapping adult mosquitoes to determine species composition and abundance. We had 4 trapping locations in 2012: (Greenhow Road, Mission, Glenmore Landfill area and Winfield)

23 2. MOSQUITO TRAPPING Captured over 3,300 mosquitoes in Culex tarsalis (12% of total catch) Highest numbers Glenmore followed by Mission Creek 133 Culex pipiens (4.0% of total catch) Highest trap counts in Mission & Winfield Nuisance Mosquitoes (Aedes, Ochlerotatus, Anopheles & Coquillettidia) (84% of total catch) Highest trap counts in Mission

24 3. Mosquito Control: Habitat Modification Tire collection starts today!

25 HOW DO WE CONTROL MOSQUITOES? 100% larviciding with biological agents (larvae trapped in the water!) Active ingredient Bacillus thuringiensis var israelensis (open water) & Bacillus sphaericus (catch basins for Culex control) Safe for other insects, amphibians, fish mammals, & reptiles

26 HOW IS IT APPLIED? Backpack blower- like a leaf blower ( kg of granules applied to 97.8 ha) 15,344 catch basins treated with water-soluble pouches in Kelowna & Lake Country (2 treatments of each basin).

27 CHANGES Peachland and West Kelowna opted out of the comprehensive program Peachland had no control West Kelowna was reduced to small area around Rose Valley Elementary & 60 catch basins Because of changes Treated 3,000 less basins Monitored and treated 35 fewer surface water sites

28 CHALLENGES Fintry Park area Many calls from residents and visitors Unable to find source- perhaps Lake? Residents & staff from West Kelowna Bylaw officer concerned because we would not visit owners with habitat Handful of residents upset because we would not visit and it turned out to be a pretty bad year for mosquitoes

29 QUESTIONS?

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