The summer is a great time to get out and enjoy the outdoors, but it is also a time when Central Texas sees an increase in mosquitoes.
AUSTIN, Texas — This summer, local health districts have reported mosquitoes have tested positive for the West Nile virus. Integrated Vector Management program reported a mosquito trap sample tested positive for West Nile virus in the Brushy Creek MUD area. The sample was collected near the Beck Preserve on Great Oaks Drive on July 7. Health officials put down more traps in the area.
On Tuesday, July 25, the eighth reported West Nile-positive trap of the 2023 season was reported in Williamson County from a sample collected in the Brushy Creek MUD area. The sample was taken from a trap site near Cat Hollow Park on Thursday, July 20. It was the third week in a row a trap tested positive in this area. Treatment of the water with larvicide and expanded trapping will continue in the area and signage has been posted.
On Monday, Aug. 14, the City of Georgetown said a sample that was taken on Aug. 8 from the Yellow Rose Trail in Sun City tested positive for West Nile. The city will be conducting truck-mounted spraying on the evenings of Aug. 14 and Aug. 15 in the area.
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