{"id":351,"date":"2017-04-18T18:21:56","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T22:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/emmcp\/?p=351"},"modified":"2017-04-18T18:21:56","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T22:21:56","slug":"helicopter-bti-application-to-control-mosquito-larvae","status":"public-archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/emmcp\/2017\/04\/18\/helicopter-bti-application-to-control-mosquito-larvae\/","title":{"rendered":"Helicopter Bti Application to Control Mosquito Larvae"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The East Middlesex Mosquito Control Project will be conducting a helicopter application of the biological larvicide, Bti (<em>Bacillus thuringiensis<\/em> var. <em>israelensis<\/em>), to control mosquito larvae over large wetland areas in Bedford, Belmont, Burlington, Framingham, Lexington, Maynard, Medford, Melrose, North Reading, Reading, Sudbury, Wakefield, Waltham, Wayland, Wellesley, Weston and Winchester. &nbsp;The application is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, April 19, 2017. &nbsp;If for any reason the application is postponed, it will be rescheduled for the next available week day between April 19 and April 27. &nbsp;The Bti will be applied in a granular formulation by a helicopter flying low directly over the wetlands. &nbsp;Residents do not need to take any special precautions for this application.<\/p>\n<p>The material to be applied, Bti, is a natural bacterium found in soil. &nbsp;The EPA classifies Bti as a relatively non-toxic pesticide. &nbsp;Bti is considered a target selective and environmentally compatible pesticide that affects mosquito larvae and a few closely related aquatic insects in the fly family. &nbsp;Once applied, Bti stays suspended in water for 24 to 48 hours and then biodegrades as it settles to the bottom. &nbsp;The product name of the Bti is VectoBac G (EPA Reg. #73049-10).<\/p>\n<p>For further information contact the East Middlesex Mosquito Control Project at 781-899-5730.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The East Middlesex Mosquito Control Project will be conducting a helicopter application of the biological larvicide, Bti (Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis), to control mosquito larvae over large wetland areas in Bedford, Belmont, Burlington, Framingham, Lexington, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/emmcp\/2017\/04\/18\/helicopter-bti-application-to-control-mosquito-larvae\/\" aria-label=\"Read full article about Helicopter Bti Application to Control Mosquito Larvae\">Read full article<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/emmcp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/emmcp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/emmcp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/emmcp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/emmcp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/emmcp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":352,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/emmcp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351\/revisions\/352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/emmcp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/emmcp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/emmcp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}