Integrated Mosquito Management (IMM)
What is Integrated Mosquito Management?
IMM is a comprehensive mosquito prevention / control strategy that utilizes available mosquito control methods singly or in combination to exploit the known vulnerabilities of mosquitoes in order to reduce their numbers to tolerable levels while maintaining a quality environment. (AMCA)
IMM Has Four Components
Knowledge Based
Understanding of Flight Ranges
Understanding of their life cycle
Understanding of Feeding preference
Knowing the different species in your area
Understanding of peak activity or flight times
Understanding of their habitats and preferences
Understanding of different breeding cycles or times
Surveillance Driven
Surveillance is collecting the numbers, location and species of mosquitoes that are present in the county. We do this in three ways:
Resource limited
Though it is our desire to control the mosquito population in the county we do understand that we do not have unlimited resources. Because of these limits we strive to prioritizes the work that we do so that we get the greatest value for the money that we spend.
We base our services based on these and other priorities
The population density near Utah Lake
The historical breeding sites in the county
The water levels of Utah Lake and the habitat that is created
We establishing thresholds that when met we will trigger the appropriate action. These thresholds are based on:
Resistance situations to insecticides
Disease transmission history
Political considerations
Species of mosquitoes
Historical tolerance
Surveillance tools
Time of year