Mosquitoes

The Southold sample was the first positive mosquito sample reported by the Suffolk County health department this summer.

Suffolk County plans aerial larvicide spraying of marshlands across the county today and tomorrow, the county health department announced yesterday afternoon.

Suffolk County will begin treating salt marshes across the county this week to control mosquito larvae, the county health department announced Tuesday afternoon.

Suffolk County vector control continues aerial larvicide applications to control mosquitoes in salt marshes across the county today and tomorrow, including locations in Southold and Riverhead towns.

As more mosquito samples and birds test positive for West Nile and a mosquito believed capable of transmitting Zika virus reported to be active in Suffolk, the county vector control division plans more aerial larvicide applications.

Suffolk County health officials are advising three parks to suspend all activities between 6 p.m. and 8 a.m. due to the presence of West Nile virus in mosquitoes. The virus also turned up in 17 other locations across the county.

Suffolk County plans aerial larvicide applications tomorrow and Wednesday in multiple salt marshes in Southold Town.

Suffolk County plans aerial larvicide applications today, May 26 at certain salt marshes across the county, including two locations on the North Fork.

Suffolk County's vector control division of the Department of Public Works is planning an aerial larvicide spraying June 18, the county health department said in a press release today.