LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Vector Control District reported Friday that it has set a date for its aerial larvicide treatment between Clear Lake State Park and south Lakeport.

District Manager Dr. Jamie Scott said the treatment will take place beginning at 10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 28, weather permitting.

She said the application is being made because district surveillance has detected large numbers of mosquito larvae in the standing water in this area.

Scott said the goal is to reduce the need to treat for the adult mosquitoes in this area later this year.

A cropduster flying at low altitude over the marshy areas will apply the treatment of Aquabac 200G, a biological larvicide used to control mosquito larvae in aquatic habitats, the district said.

Aquabac is based on the naturally occurring soil bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti). It is registered with the Environmental Protection Agency for the control of larval mosquitoes in nearly all aquatic habitats.

For additional information contact the Lake County Vector Control District at 707-263-4770 or visit the district's Web site at www.lcvcd.org .

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