Tag: Lee County Mosquito Control

Mosquito season here; call Lee or Charlotte; thousands of eggs in each square foot

With the summer months comes the start of Florida’s peak mosquito season. Two jurisdictions cover mosquito control for Gasparilla Island. “We started this mosquito season with a bang,” said...

Mosquito swat teams beginning local larvae raids

Mosquito season started with a bang after several downpours moved through Southwest Florida last month. The rain spanned county-wide, which expanded habitats wider across Lee County, rather...

PROFILE: Scott Shanks

July 6, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
Profiles

BY T MICHELE WALKER – Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s the new mosquito man, Scott Shanks, and he’s eradicating Gasparilla Island mosquitoes in a single bound. Yes,...

Health officials issue mosquito-borne illness advisory

The Florida Department of Health in Lee County (DOH-Lee) today advised residents there has been an increase in mosquito-borne disease activity in areas of Lee County. Several sentinel chicken...

Skeeters driving you crazy? They are breeding big time

■ BY SUE ERWIN Mosquitoes seem to be more of a problem this year than the previous few. And it’s very possible the lack of rain in the late spring contributed to a massive larvae problem occurring...