Aug 26, 2022 | General News
The Lehigh County Conservation District’s Vector Borne Disease Control program has collected their first Lone Star Tick (Amblyomma americanum) in Lehigh County. Pictured is the adult female tick with the distinctive white dot on its dorsal shield. Lone Star Ticks are...
Jul 25, 2022 | General News
Although the weather has been pretty dry here in Lehigh County, mosquito activity has been on the rise. Mosquitos seek out small depressions of water with preferably organic rich material to lay their eggs in. Larvae will feed on the organic material for a period of...
Jan 11, 2022 | General News
Each week , the Lehigh Conservation District County Vector Control Program Staff places 25-30 traps at established sites throughout the County. The traps are species specific and are deployed to determine mosquito type and abundance in a given locale. All traps are...
Jan 11, 2022 | General News
(Article from Morning Ag Clips) No Rain, No Problem for Mosquitoes “Just because we don’t have rain, doesn’t mean we don’t have mosquitoes,” explains Department Head for Entomology and Plant Pathology at Oklahoma State University, and former livestock entomologist,...
