The aims of this site and a project by the same name are to raise awareness of mosquitoes, their role in the environment, and issues surrounding nuisance biting and public health risks. It is also intended that the information provided in the strategy will be used to ensure a consideration of mosquito issues in urban planning and development, and wetland management plans; and that the community is informed of personal protection strategies available to minimise exposure to mosquitoes. For more information on the project.

Site information includes:

• Series of pages about mosquitoes with a printable version of each informative page. Information includes:
  • Facts About Mosquitoes
  • Diseases Mosquitoes Can Cause
  • Reducing Bites From Mosquitoes
  • Types of Mosquitoes
  • Lifecycle - Ecology of Mosquitoes
  • Reducing Mosquitoes in Your Backyard
    
    
• Copy of the mosquito management strategy called:
  • Living With Mosquitoes in the Lower Hunter and Mid-North Coast Region of NSW” (pdf) 1,448Kb
    
    
• links to participating councils and agencies/organisations, these are located on the right hand side of this page

For further information about the strategy and regional working party, please contact:

or Hunter New England Population Health

Fact Sheets on Mosquitoes

• Facts About Mosquitoes (pdf) 30Kb
• Types of Mosquitoes Found in the Hunter and Mid North Coast, NSW (pdf) 33Kb
• Reducing Mosquito Bites (pdf) 31Kb
• Reducing Mosquitoes in Your Backyard (pdf) 33Kb
• Mosquito Lifecycle (pdf) 37Kb
• Diseases Caused by Mosquitoes in the Hunter and Mid North Coast, NSW (pdf) 28Kb
  
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