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Old 07-25-2018, 06:50 AM
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Originally Posted by kcrazorbackfan View Post
I heard today that The Villages are stopping the spraying for mosquitoes. From what I heard, it has something to do with the residents of Fenney wanting to get their area sprayed also and The Villages couldn't because of an environmental issue, so, due to their complaining, The Villages has decided to stop mosquito spraying altogether.

Anyone else heard of this happening? I would hate to see it stopped.
Even better than coming on here in search of "facts", a simple call or email to Bruce Root with the Sumter County Mosquito Control would answer your question. 352-689-4400. And, not to spoil the ending, I did, and learned the following: "We have a mosquito trap in each district of the villages that we set every week, three traps have to trap away least 25 mosquitoes over night to warrant spraying per Florida statue chapter 388. When the traps catch enough we spray that area".

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