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Delaware’s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will launch its yearly mosquito management program in woodland pool areas starting as early as Friday, March 20.<\/p>

The seasonal treatment initiative will continue through mid-April, depending on weather conditions. Officials plan to target mosquito larvae in their aquatic stage to prevent the development of adult biting mosquitoes that typically emerge from these woodland environments during spring months.<\/p>

By focusing on immature mosquitoes in their larval phase, the program aims to significantly reduce the population of adult mosquitoes that would otherwise emerge from woodland pool habitats later in the season.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Delaware’s environmental agency will start its yearly mosquito control program in woodland pool areas beginning Friday, March 20. The initiative targets mosquito larvae to reduce adult mosquito populations during spring months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":38304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[837,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1773756375747.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-9XP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4353,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/first-2022-delaware-evidence-of-eastern-equineencephalitis-detected-in-dnrecs-sentinel-chickens\/","url_meta":{"origin":38305,"position":0},"title":"First 2022 Delaware Evidence of Eastern EquineEncephalitis Detected in DNREC\u2019s Sentinel Chickens","author":"Admin","date":"August 12, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), a mosquito-transmitted disease, has been detected in Delaware the first time for 2022 in a sentinel chicken, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control announced today. 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