Education, Communications and Dialogue Facilitation
Culex Environmental offers customized educational services related to mosquito management and reducing Public Health risk from vector-borne diseases. These include:
- Educational workshops, including our popular 'Mosquito School'
- IMMP ® Larval Monitoring and Control Training
- Adult trap Set-up and Operation workshop
- Mosquito identification workshop
- Production of brochures, posters and other print materials
- Educational videos and DVDs
West Nile virus Mosquito School - full day
Informative seminar series that can include:
- West Nile virus information
- The mosquito life cycle
- WNv vector species ecology
- The Integrated Mosquito Management Program (IMMP ® ) process
- Environmentally-sensitive methods of mosquito control
- Personal protection against WNv
- Use of mosquito repellents
IMMP ® Larval Monitoring and Control Training - full day
Field-based workshop instructing on larval mosquito sampling techniques, including:
- Identifying mosquito breeding locations
- Using GPS units
- Sampling techniques and protocols
- Sample collection, preservation, storage and shipping for identification
- Applying larvicides
- Record keeping and simple GIS mapping
IMMP ® Adult Trap Set-up and Operation Workshop - half day
Workshop advising on the operation of CDC Light Traps and Gravid Traps, including:
- Identifying suitable locations
- Operating procedures
- Carbon dioxide sources
- Infusions
- Sample collection, preservation, storage and shipping for identification
Mosquito identification Workshop - full day
Workshop involving hands-on identification of adult and larval mosquitoes, including:
- How to get the most from a binocular microscope
- How to use a simple dichotomous key
- How to preserve and label larval specimens
- How to mount, label and store adult specimens
- The provision of Culex reference collections to test participants
- Shortcuts to keying out WNv species
For more information on any of these workshops or educational services please contact us.