Better information makes for healthier horses,
Horseadvice.com is where equine science and horse sense intersect.

Discussion on City kid's question about mosquitos, weather and WNV

Use the navigation bar above to access articles and more discussions on this topic.
Author Message
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Lisa Mathewson (Lisam)
Posted on Tuesday, Oct 9, 2001 - 12:26 pm:   Edit PostPrint Post
I am sort of embarassed that I don't know the answer to this, but here goes: does the first frost kill off adult mosquitos? I assume that the pupae or whatever are dormant until spring. I am one county away from 2 equine WNV cases, but I'd rather hold off on vaccinating until spring, when we have more data on adverse effects. We've had a couple of frosts now in Philadelphia and I am wondering if that eliminates the risk of transmission.

Lisa
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Robert N. Oglesby DVM (Dro)
Posted on Wednesday, Oct 10, 2001 - 7:20 am:   Edit PostPrint Post
No, mosquitoes find places to hide and even after a frost is the day warms up to the 60s mosqitoes will fly again. A string of really cold days usually will knock them back but I have found in moderate climates that just a week or two of warm weather even in the middle of winter and they will be flying again.
Post a Message to this Discussion
Posting
Instructions: 		Full Service Members may post to this discussion and should address the orignial poster's concerns or other information posted here. New questions about your horse should be started in a new discussion. Use the navigation bar at the top of this page to return to the parent article and review the article and existing discussions. If your question remains unanswered "Start a New Discussion", the link is under the list of discussions at the bottom of the article.
Post:
Bold text Italics Underline Create a hyperlink Insert a clipart image

Username:
Password:
Options: Enable HTML code in message
Automatically activate URLs in message
Action:
Home Page | Todays Discussions | Search | Top of Page Administration
  http://www.horseadvice.com
is The Horseman's Advisor
Helping Thousands of Equestrians, Farriers, and Veterinarians Every Day
All rights reserved, © 2009 		BBB Reliability Seal