TAMPA -- Hillsborough County is spraying for mosquitoes Friday night into Saturday morning, using a plane at an altitude of 300 feet with Dibrom, which kills adults.
The aerial spray areas include 58-hundred acres in Apollo Beach west of U-S 41, and 85-hundred acres in Keystone, west of the Veterans Expressway.
A news release from the county describes the spray areas in more detail:
Apollo Beach 5,816 acres
North Boundary: Mann’s Harbour Drive
South Boundary: South of Cockroach Bay
East Boundary: West of S. Tamiami Trail (U.S. 41)
West Boundary: Tampa Bay (body of water)
Keystone 8,510 acres
North Boundary: Plainview Road
South Boundary: Westwood Lakes Boulevard/South of S. Mobley Road
East Boundary: West of Veterans Expressway
West Boundary: West County Line
In case of weather or mechanical problems, alternate days are June 8th (Saturday) and June 9th (Sunday). Spraying will happen between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
Spraying happens between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m.
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