The Middlesex County Mosquito Extermination Commission was created in 1914 in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey, in particular Title 26, Chapter 9, Article 2. The objectives and purpose of this Commission shall be to promote, direct, and to carry out mosquito control throughout Middlesex County. While insecticides are used to control mosquitoes, they are by far not the only means used. Speakers are available to give presentations about mosquito biology and control to civic, school and interested groups.
Water management is performed year round.
Known mosquito-producing areas are manipulated or eliminated to make them uninhabitable to mosquitoes. Biological control is also employed to help reduce the appearance of mosquitoes. The Commission can provide the mosquito fish, Gambusia affinis , free of charge to county residents provided criteria established by the NJ Department of Evironmental Protection are satisfied. Residents should call the Commission for further details. When pesticides are used they are directly primarily at the larval stage of the mosquito.