Evansville, July 18, 2012 – Due to further evidence of West Nile Virus in the City
of Evansville, the Vanderburgh County Health Department is going to perform
focused adulticiding operations in areas where significant mosquito or West Nile
activity has been found. The adulticiding operation will take place the evening of
July 20, 2012, weather permitting. The spraying will be within an area bound by
Alvord Blvd., Covert Ave, Vann Ave., and Bellemeade Ave. If the treatments
cannot be completed on the designated date, they will resume on the next
available day.
The Vanderburgh County Health Department will continue to focus its efforts on
habitat elimination, education, and treatment of stagnant or standing water as
these are the most effective forms of mosquito control.
The Health Department is asking residents to:
 Be Smart. Take special precautions when outdoors between dusk and
dawn, when mosquitoes are most active;
 Be Safe. Use insect repellant containing DEET, Picaridin, or Oil of
Lemon Eucalyptus.( Products containing DEET should not be used on
infants aged <2 months of age and those containing Oil of Lemon
Eucalyptus should not be used on infants <3 years of age); and
 Be Certain. Make sure your property is free of any standing water, which
could be breeding grounds for the mosquitoes that carry the virus. Empty
flowerpots, buckets, old tires, and clogged gutters.
