Weather permitting; the Mosquito Control Section is planning the following insecticide application(s) beginning as early as one half hour before sunset on Thursday, September 6, 2018 and continuing up until midnight as conditions permit.
 
Application of Anvil 10/10 (Sumithrin/PBO) with a truck-mounted sprayer to control adult mosquitoes in the following areas:
 
Deerborne Woods in greater Newark; Hickory Woods in greater Bear; and select individual rural properties in greater Wilmington, Newark, and Dover.
 
For notification purposes, spraying will be done in the following zone(s): 20, 34-35, 77, 84, and 92-93.
 
All insecticides to be used are registered with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for mosquito control and will be applied according to EPA approved label instructions. The EPA has determined that these insecticides do not pose unreasonable risks to human health, wildlife, or the environment.
 
For further information, please visit the Mosquito Control website at http://de.gov/mosquito or view the Spray Zone Map at http://de.gov/mosquitomap.