Adulticide

Définitions de « adulticide »

Adulticide - Nom commun

• Substance ou préparation utilisée pour éliminer les insectes nuisibles à leur stade adulte.

  En cas d’intervention sur des populations installées associer un adulticide pour casser les cycles de reproduction.

Étymologie de « adulticide »

Évolution historique de l’usage du mot « adulticide » depuis 1800

Citations contenant le mot « adulticide »

• The Florida Keys Mosquito Control District (FKMCD) operation started in earnest with several DC-3 and smaller aircraft dispersing adulticide around Monroe County, which spans hundreds of small islands in addition to the larger inhabited islands making up the Florida Keys. Many of the keys comprise marshland, a prime breeding ground for mosquitos.

• To reduce mosquito activity and the risk of West Nile virus, the Health Department will conduct an adulticide treatment in Brooklyn.

• Adult mosquito trapping, surveillance, larvicide and adulticide treatments have been underway throughout the town since June and will continue to the end of the season, which is typically through August.

• An aircraft releases aerial application of larvicide and adulticide to keep mosquitoes contained at Craney Island dredged material management area in Portsmouth, Virginia. Hampton Roads consistently ranks high among the nation’s worst regions for mosquito populations, according to the Virginia Mosquito Control Association. (U.S. Army file photo)

• The Town contracts a professional company to set out traps, collect and test for West Nile Virus (WNV) and should WNV be identified, larvicide and adulticide as necessary. Town staff will be actively looking for areas of mosquito breeding and treating those areas as necessary. Residents and businesses can help the Town by looking for areas mentioned below and eliminating sources and habitats for mosquitoes.

Traductions du mot « adulticide »

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