Aerial Spraying Map & Schedule
MEDIA RELEASE
BOLIVIA, N.C. – Aerial spraying for mosquitoes in Brunswick County will begin Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, weather permitting. The countywide aerial spraying is part of Brunswick County’s emergency response to the increased mosquito populations caused by heavy rainfall and flooding from Tropical Storm Debby and Potential Tropical Cyclone #8.
During the regular meeting on Oct. 7, the Board of Commissioners unanimously approved issuing a Notice to Proceed for Vector Disease Control International (VDCI) to perform aerial mosquito control for the populated areas of Brunswick County.
VDCI crews are scheduled to begin using airplanes to spray insecticides over the county during the week of Oct. 11 through Oct. 18, weather permitting. Spraying will start at dusk. Click here to view the aerial spraying schedule and map of planned routes.
Exact routes are subject to change depending on weather conditions. If weather conditions delay spraying, it will begin Monday, Oct. 14 or any subsequent day as weather conditions allow.
When applied by a licensed vector control professional who follows label instructions, aerial spraying poses minimal risk to people, pets, animals, and the environment. Aerial spraying uses very low volumes of either adulticide or larvicide, so you are not likely to breathe or touch anything that has enough insecticide on it to harm you.
That being said, individuals located in the areas being sprayed are encouraged to avoid being outside during evening hours if possible as there is a possibility that spraying adulticides can cause eye irritation if a person is outside when spraying takes place.
Due to the timing of this service, the aerial spraying is not anticipated to affect insects like butterflies and dragonflies as they are less active at night, but beekeepers should take precautions to protect their hives (see details below).
Ground-based operations will begin follow-up ground spraying via trucks as soon as areas with additional needs are identified.
Learn more about Mosquito Control at brunswickcountync.gov/mosquito-control.
For additional questions, contact Brunswick County Mosquito Control at 910.253.2515 or email MosquitoControl@brunswickcountync.gov.