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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> I received some follow up questions on mosquito spraying so I followed up with </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Jeannine Dorothy of the Maryland Department of Agriculture Mosquito Control.</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Here are the questions and her answers.</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Why are there no spray zones?</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3 COLOR="#0000FF"> If someone does not want to be sprayed, we will block them off the</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3 COLOR="#0000FF"> spray map as a courtesy. If their neighbors want to be sprayed, the</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3 COLOR="#0000FF"> Town can override the NO SPRAY - we would need a letter saying the</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3 COLOR="#0000FF"> objector is being overridden. The only ones who CANNOT be overridden </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3 COLOR="#0000FF"> are anyone on the State's Pesticide Sensitive Individuals list. They are </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3 COLOR="#0000FF"> blocked off the spray map and will not be put back on.</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> We have 2 no spray zones - the 4700 block of Sheridan St. and </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> the 4800 block of Queensbury Rd [ I will follow up and ask if these </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> no spray zones are due to Pesticide Sensitive Individuals or not. ]</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> One person recommend bat houses. Is this a good idea?</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3 COLOR="#0000FF"> Bats are not bad BUT contrary to popular opinion, they do NOT eat</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3 COLOR="#0000FF"> many mosquitoes. There was a study done where they weighed a bat's</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3 COLOR="#0000FF"> stomach contents then they weighed mosquitoes & extrapolated out</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3 COLOR="#0000FF"> that a bat could eat 10,000 mosquitoes a night or something like</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3 COLOR="#0000FF"> that. When someone else did studies on bat stomach CONTENTS, </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3 COLOR="#0000FF"> the result was less than 1% was mosquitoes. They prefer moths,</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3 COLOR="#0000FF"> beetles, other larger insects. Also, bats will often never move</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3 COLOR="#0000FF"> into bat boxes, for whatever reasons.</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Since we ...[were]... in the midst of a draught where are the </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> mosquitos breeding? The shallow areas, even gutters, can't be </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> the culprit now. Even storm drain basins, which I've suspected </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> before must be dry now. [ This was asked and answered before </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> the recent rains.]</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3 COLOR="#0000FF"> Many places which normally hold stagnant water are now dry.</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3 COLOR="#0000FF"> However, creeks are drying up and leaving puddles behind, which</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3 COLOR="#0000FF"> breed. AND homeowners are watering plants & lawns & getting water</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3 COLOR="#0000FF"> in all sorts of man-made containers in yards, so there are plenty</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3 COLOR="#0000FF"> of sources for breeding even during a drought.</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Since MDA is now spraying in the evening is it more effective against </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> the Asian Tiger?</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3 COLOR="#0000FF"> We have always sprayed in the evening (or late at night) and it has</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3 COLOR="#0000FF"> never been very effective against the ti ger mosquito. Tigers typically </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3 COLOR="#0000FF"> are out ONLY when people are out to bite. And we will not spray </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3 COLOR="#0000FF"> neighborhoods when people are out. So our spraying & tiger activity </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3 COLOR="#0000FF"> do not overlap much.</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Does the 4700 block of Sheridan </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> no </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> spray zone begin at 47th Ave?</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3 COLOR="#0000FF"> Surprisingly no, that </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3 COLOR="#0000FF"> no </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3 COLOR="#0000FF"> spray area is east of the railroad tracks.</FONT></div>
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