We are involved in mosquito management on public land, but residents should also be aware of their responsibilities on their property, find out more below.
Mosquito Management
Some mosquito species can carry diseases such as the Ross River Virus or the Barmah Forest Virus. Mosquitos breed in still water sources so monitoring and removing these sources is key to ensuring we manage mosquitos in our city. You should also be aware of how to minimise mosquito breeding sourced on your property.
Mosquitos on Your Property
It is your responsibility to minimise breeding sources for mosquitos by monitoring or getting rid of stagnant water sources including:
- Stagnant fishponds
- Unfiltered or unchlorinated swimming pools
- Pot plants with water in them
- Containers like bird baths, wading pools, wheelbarrows
- Blocked drains and gutters
We can ask you to remove these sources if we find that they are causing a mosquito nuisance.
Mosquitos on Public Land
It is our responsibility to monitor and manage mosquitos on public land as well as respond and investigate concerns raised by residents about mosquito nuisances. We do this by undertaking trapping of adult mosquitoes to identify species types to determine whether the mosquitos breed in fresh or salt water. We can use this information to identify locations that are potential sources of mosquito breeding. We monitor our known mosquito breeding sites for mosquito larvae and treat with mosquito larvicide if necessary.
Report a Mosquito Nuisance
If you find a particular area in our City that seems to be a mosquito nuisance, please contact us so we can investigate.
Fight the Bite Campaign
For helpful tips about reducing mosquito bites and deterring mosquito breeding sources see the Fight the Bite Campaign, sponsored by WA Health.