Louisiana using drones to fight out-of-control mosquitos

The Caddo Parish Animal Providers and Mosquito Management in Loiuisiana will likely be launching drones to cut back mosquito populations.
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In the event you can’t swat them, drone them.

One neighborhood in northern Louisiana has deployed drones to fight out-of-control mosquito populations.

The Caddo Parish Animal Providers and Mosquito Management is chargeable for mosquito management over a 900-square-mile space. This 12 months they've deployed drones to spray insecticide into the area’s extra hard-to-reach places.

The drones will goal mosquito communities in hard-to-reach areas.

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The drones will spray insecticide onto “mosquito larvae earlier than they develop into adults,” in line with Caddo Mosquito Management Supervisor Brian Glascock.

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Mosquitoes pose a risk of transmitting the West Nile Virus to individuals.

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“We're enthusiastic about having the ability to deal with mosquitoes within the parish in areas that we haven’t been capable of deal with earlier than,” stated Caddo Mosquito Management Supervisor Brian Glascock. “We're capable of fly the drone over these areas and drop larvicide, hitting the mosquito larvae earlier than they develop into adults.”

West Nile Virus, a probably lethal illness carried by mosquitos, stays a problem in Louisiana. Mosquito samples from Caddo Parish are despatched every day to Louisiana State College for testing.

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