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Figure 8.2: Second aerial spraying application held to control adult mosquitos in two areas

of Rhode Island.

8.4

CREATION OF DISTRICTS

Figure 8.5 below shows the US State of Delaware decomposed into a grid of 216 con-

vex rectangles [7]. A user may then click on the rectangle in which they are located in

order to see if any mosquito amelioration method is about to be utilized. These include the

techniques described in Figure 8.5. While the entire convex region may not be sprayed,

Table 8.1: Flight distance data.

Mosquito Species

Flight Range

Disease Agent

Aedes aegypti

< 0.5 mile

DG, YF

Aedes albopictus

< 0.5 mile

DG, YF, WNV

Anopheles crucians

1 to 2 miles

M, EEE

Aedes vexans

1 to 5 miles

EEE, WNV

Culex salinarius

1/4 to 5 miles

EEE, WNV

Ochlerotatus sollicitans

5 to 40 miles

EEE, WNV