Banana Shire Council DES-EM-01-001 Mosquito and Black Fly Management Plan Page 1 of 104 Document Version: 8 February 2016 MOSQUITO & BLACK FLY MANAGEMENT PLAN 2015 – 2019 Adopted 20 January 2016 Mosquito & Black Fly Management Plan Information has been sourced from World Health Organisation; Queensland Health; New South Wales Health; and University of Sydney Medical Entomology Department Banana Shire Council DES-EM-01-001 Mosquito and Black Fly Management Plan Page 2 of 104 Document Version: 8 February 2016 Table of Contents PART A – STRATEGIC OVERVIEW ................................................................................................ 6 1.1 Executive Summary ............................................................................................................ 6 1.2 Vision .................................................................................................................................. 6 1.3 Mission Statement ............................................................................................................... 6 1.4 Objectives ........................................................................................................................... 6 1.5 Goals .................................................................................................................................. 7 1.6 Aims .................................................................................................................................... 7 PART B – PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ....................................................................................... 8 2.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 8 2.2 Scope .................................................................................................................................. 8 2.3 Legislative Framework ........................................................................................................ 8 2.4 Council Policy ..................................................................................................................... 9 2.4.1 Corporate Plan Outcomes .............................................................................................. 9 2.5 Environmental and Safety Considerations ........................................................................... 9 PART C – BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................. 11 3.1 Mosquito Borne Disease Significance ............................................................................... 11 3.1.1 Notifications .................................................................................................................. 11 3.2 Mosquito Overview ............................................................................................................ 11 3.2.1 Lifecycle ....................................................................................................................... 12 3.2.2 Prevention .................................................................................................................... 12 3.3 Mosquito Habitats ............................................................................................................. 13 3.3.1 Fresh Water .................................................................................................................. 13 3.3.2 Polluted Water .............................................................................................................. 14 3.3.3 Brackish Water ............................................................................................................. 14 3.3.4 Salt Water ..................................................................................................................... 14 3.3.5 Groundwater/freshwater/polluted water habitats ........................................................... 14 3.3.6 Container/Urban habitats .............................................................................................. 14 3.4 Surveillance ...................................................................................................................... 14 3.4.1 Routine Mosquito Surveillance Provides: ...................................................................... 15 3.5 Response .......................................................................................................................... 15 3.5.1 Environmental Management ......................................................................................... 16 3.5.2 Chemical Control .......................................................................................................... 16 3.6 Community Engagement/Awareness ................................................................................ 16 Mosquito & Black Fly Management Plan Information has been sourced from World Health Organisation; Queensland Health; New South Wales Health; and University of Sydney Medical Entomology Department Banana Shire Council DES-EM-01-001 Mosquito and Black Fly Management Plan Page 3 of 104 Document Version: 8 February 2016 PART D – GENERAL APPENDICES .............................................................................................. 19 Appendix 1 – Dengue Fever ....................................................................................................... 19 Appendix 2 – Ross River Virus ................................................................................................... 21 Appendix 3 – Barmah Forest Virus ............................................................................................. 22 Appendix 4 – Murray Valley Encephalitis/Kunjin Virus ................................................................ 23 Appendix 5 – Malaria .................................................................................................................. 24 Appendix 6 – Chikungunya Virus................................................................................................ 25 Appendix 7 – Black Fly Overview ............................................................................................... 26 7.1 Lifecycle ....................................................................................................................... 26 7.2 Control .......................................................................................................................... 27 7.3 Personal Protection ...................................................................................................... 27 Appendix 8 – Mosquito Species ................................................................................................. 29 8.1 Disease Carrying Mosquitoes – Groundwater Breeding Species .................................. 29 8.2 Disease Carrying Mosquitoes – Container/Urban Breeding Species ............................. 30 8.3 Nuisance and Other Species (Potentially Abundant within in the Region) ........................ 30 PART E – OPERATIONAL APPENDICES ...................................................................................... 33 Appendix 1 – Surveillance and Monitoring Methods – Ground/Fresh/Polluted Water Mosquito Breeding & Black Fly Breeding ................................................................................................... 33 1.1 Habitat mapping and record keeping ............................................................................ 33 1.2 Identifying mosquito species in the area ....................................................................... 33 1.3 Identifying Black Fly abundance ................................................................................... 39 Appendix 2 – Response/Control Methods – Ground/Fresh/Polluted Water Mosquito & Black Fly Breeding ..................................................................................................................................... 40 2.1 Complaint Response .................................................................................................... 40 2.2 Response/Control Measures ........................................................................................ 40 Appendix 3 – Surveillance Methods – Container/Urban Breeding Mosquitoes............................ 47 3.1 Identifying species and density of vectors in the area ................................................... 47 3.2 Ovi/egg Sampling ......................................................................................................... 47 3.3 Larval Sampling ............................................................................................................ 49 3.4 Adult Sampling ............................................................................................................. 49 Appendix 4 – Response – Container/Urban Breeding Mosquitoes ............................................. 56 4.1 Source Reduction/Larval Control .................................................................................. 56 4.2 Chemical Control .......................................................................................................... 56 4.3 Approved Inspection Program ...................................................................................... 58 Appendix 5- Management of a Dengue Outbreak ....................................................................... 61 5.1 Dengue Fever and the Aedes aegypti mosquito ..........................................................