Take a few minutes to look around your home for mosquito breeding sources. Mosquitoes need standing water to reproduce. During their life cycle, mosquitoes transition through several life-stages, a process known as complete metamorphosis. The adult mosquito breeds in any source that holds stagnant water. The…

The SCMAD is currently giving away mosquito-eating fish (Gambusia affinis). These small fish consume large amounts of mosquito larvae and therefore act as a biological control on backyard mosquito populations. Mosquito fish thrive in ornamental ponds, abandoned swimming pools and other container-type bodies of…

A robust mosquito sampling program is very important in order to identify areas where arbovirus activity is present. In 2019 a total of 19,684 mosquitoes were sampled in the SCMAD laboratory and tested for arboviruses at the UC Davis DART laboratory. The purpose of this testing is to identify the areas within…

The function of the SCMAD is to control all mosquitoes that may bring disease or harassment to humans and domestic animals.

The Solano County Mosquito Abatement District (SCMAD) is a special district responsible for mosquito abatement throughout the incorporated and unincorporated areas of Solano County, which covers over 900 square miles.