Here’s where Maryland is spraying to get rid of mosquitos

First published Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024 in the Dundalk Eagle.

Mosquito season is here (and has been here for a while). Here’s how the Maryland Department of Agriculture recommends you protect yourself:

• Wear long, loose fitting, light colored clothing
• Wear insect repellents according to product labels
• Avoid mosquito infested areas during prime periods of activity (between dusk and dawn)
• Install, inspect, and repair window and door screens in homes and stables
• Regularly clean bird baths and bowls for pet food and water
• Remove or empty all water-holding containers

Not all mosquitos carry diseases, the agency emphasized in a press release sent on Sept. 3, but it says it’s best to minimize the number of mosquito bites.

Maryland uses apermethrin-based spray that the Environmental Protection Agency has approved, the agriculture department said in the release. At normal levels, the spray doesn’t pose “unreasonable” risks to human health. But if the chemicals are spilled or released on accident, high amounts of the mosquito spray can damage the nervous system, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

The Maryland Department of Agriculture said people should avoid outdoor activities while the solutions are being sprayed “out of an abundance of caution.”

Baltimore County sprays in different parts of the county regularly, see the list below for details. The Maryland Department of Agriculture will spray a part of Parkville on Wednesday, Sept. 4 after 7:30 p.m. as part of “unscheduled mosquito control activity”, unless there is inclement weather, it said.

Mondays

• Back River Highlands
• Eastern Terrace
• North Essex
• South Essex
• Silver Manor
• Mars Hill
• Len Mar Trailer Park SandalWood
• Walnut Point/Hyde Park Middleborough
• Cape May
• Turkey Point
• Sue Creek
• Port Cherry
• Riverside
• Rocky Point/Barrison Point Holly Neck/Golupski/Breezy Point Cedar Beach
• Essex Sky Park
• Evergreen Park
• Wildwood Beach

Tuesdays

• Turner Station Watersedge
• South Dunlogan Diamond Point Grimsdale/ Middlesex Victory Villa
• Yew Rd. (Golden Tree) Middle River Hawthrone
• Wilson Point Maryland Manor Rosedale Terrace Chesaco Park Hazelwood Park Holland Hills Elmwood-Belmar Park Golden Wood Garden

Wednesdays

• Lorley Beach
• Bird River Grove
• Vincent Farm
• Bird River Beach
• Earls Beach
• West Twin River
• Harewood Prk/Woods @ Bay Cntry Heritage
• Oliver Beach
• Minnow Branch
• Biscayne Bay
• Dundee Village
• Seneca Park Beach
• Beach Dr/Asher Rd
• Carrollwood
• Seneca Harbor
• Lower Bowley’s Quarters
• Seneca Creek
• Long Beach
• Upper Bowley’s Quarters Mariners Point (Stevens Road) Peppermint Wd/ Williams Est Leland Ave/Whispering Woods

Thursdays

• Inverness
• Oakliegh Village
• North Point Village Charlesmont
• Old North point
• North Point #1
• North Point #2
• Fort Howard Park
• Fort Howard #1
• Fort Howard #2
• North Point Creek Millers Island Edgemere
• Lynch Point
• Jones Creek/Water View Chesapeake Terrace Lodge Forest
• Shaws Landing

Sundays

• St. Helena
• Dundalk
• North Dunlogan
• South Dunlogan Norwood
• Merrit Point/Vista Mobile Chesterwood Park Stansbury Lake Stansbury
• Dundalk Farms/ Stanbrook Eastfield/Holabird
• East Point/Beverly Berkshire
• Colgate
• Eastwood
• Northshire
• Gray Manor
• Gray Haven