Yellow Fever Mosquito (Aedes aegypti) detected again in Clovis

• Consolidated Mosquito Abatement District (CMAD) staff will be visiting residences in an area in Clovis as part of a control program for the Aedes aegypti mosquito. District staff will be reaching out to residents to do source reduction and to set traps in the area of the Braden Court Community at Loma Vista off Ashlan between Locan and DeWolf.

• These Aedes aegypti mosquitoes bite primarily during the daytime.

• If someone is being bitten, call (559) 896-1085 to set up a property inspection. In the meantime, inspectors will be out in the area contacting residents in an effort to control this mosquito and set our traps.

• Website information: www.mosquitobuzz.net

• All Consolidated Mosquito Abatement District personnel will wear a name card identifying themselves.

• The area that will be targeted for this program includes 122 homes.

• If you have any questions, please call (559) 896-1085.

• Once a resident receives a notice about the operation, CMAD personnel will request permission to enter a backyard to complete this work. We ask for the cooperation of all residents in this important public health service.

• CMAD personnel have standing warrants to get into unoccupied properties.

• Currently, these mosquitoes have been found in many  urban  residential areas of Clovis including this area.