{"id":29937,"date":"2026-07-28T11:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T15:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=29937"},"modified":"2026-07-28T11:26:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T15:26:59","slug":"public-notice-unscheduled-mosquito-control-activity-in-prince-georges-county-planned-for-july-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2026\/07\/28\/public-notice-unscheduled-mosquito-control-activity-in-prince-georges-county-planned-for-july-30\/","title":{"rendered":"PUBLIC NOTICE: Unscheduled Mosquito Control Activity in Prince George\u2019s County Planned for July 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>ANNAPOLIS, MD (July 28, 2026)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u2013 The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA), <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">in cooperation with the Prince George&#8217;s County Health Department, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">will expand mosquito control services in areas due to a public health concern over the potential for mosquito-borne diseases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ultra-Low Volume (ULV) truck-based spraying to control adult mosquitoes is planned for the evening of <\/span><strong>Thursday, July 30, 2026 in Bladensburg. Spraying will occur a<\/strong><b>fter 9:00 p.m. ET<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. In the event of inclement weather, spraying will be rescheduled for Friday, July 31, 2026. Any existing spray exemptions in the area will be temporarily suspended.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MDA Mosquito Control Program personnel will use a permethrin-based solution that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/mosquitocontrol\/permethrin-resmethrin-d-phenothrin-sumithrinr-synthetic-pyrethroids-mosquito-control\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">has approved<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for use in public health mosquito control programs without posing unreasonable risks to human health. However, out of an abundance of caution, MDA recommends avoiding outdoor activities during spraying.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While not all mosquitoes carry diseases, MDA suggests that residents take precautions to minimize their exposure to mosquito bites. These measures include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wear long, loose fitting, light colored clothing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wear insect repellents according to product labels.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Avoid mosquito infested areas during prime periods of activity (between dusk and dawn).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Install, inspect, and repair window and door screens in homes and stables.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Regularly clean bird baths and bowls for pet food and water.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Remove or empty all water-holding containers.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Routine spray program schedules are available by county on the program&#8217;s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mda.maryland.gov\/plants-pests\/Pages\/mosquito_control.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Please contact MDA\u2019s Mosquito Control Program with any questions or concerns at (410) 841-5870.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><b># # #<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANNAPOLIS, MD (July 28, 2026) \u2013 The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA), in cooperation with the Prince George&#8217;s County Health Department, will expand mosquito control services in areas due to a public health concern over the potential for mosquito-borne diseases. Ultra-Low Volume (ULV) truck-based spraying to control adult mosquitoes is planned for the evening of<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2026\/07\/28\/public-notice-unscheduled-mosquito-control-activity-in-prince-georges-county-planned-for-july-30\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":283,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[403,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mda-newsroom","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/283"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29937"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29940,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29937\/revisions\/29940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}