LAKEPORT, Calif. – Lake County Vector Control District said Monday that it postponed an aerial larvicide treatment between Clear Lake State Park and south Lakeport due to weather.

District Manager Dr. Jamie Scott said no new date has been set for the aerial spraying, which will be done with the use of a crop duster.

Scott said the district was conducting the spraying because it has detected large numbers of mosquito larvae in the standing water in this area, and they want to reduce the number of adult mosquitoes that will hatch out in the warmer weather.

The treatment will include the use of Aquabac, which 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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