President/CEO Leading Edge Daytona Beach, Florida, United States
Abstract: Over the last five-years, the PrecisionVision UAS have performed more than 6 independent ULV adulticiding research projects and numerous operational applications. This presentation will focus on the technologies that are required to successfully deploy UAS for aerial adulticiding and larvaciding applications.
Data from several field trials performed by independent mosquito control agencies and researchers will be presented. In September of 2022, an operational application that consisted of larvaciding and adulticiding in the Southern San Joaquin Valley will be discussed. Details specific to pre and post adult traps and larval inspections counts will be presented along with data sets associated with WNv. transmission rates. Additional topics such as local resistance will be presented.
Conventional ground based application methods of larvicides and adulticides are often ineffective in reducing the mosquito populations to acceptable levels due to the dense canopy or limited access from roads. Unmanned aerial systems (UAS) have the potential to assist in controlling the mosquito populations in these challenging locations.
