The Jegunovce municipality has informed residents that on 17 and 18 August a third ground-based adulticide disinsection will be carried out across its territory. In plainer terms: they will be spraying against adult mosquitoes, in the evening and night hours.

The treatment will be performed by a private company in cooperation with the municipality, in line with a previously prepared activity schedule and technical specification. The product used will be AQUA K-OTHRINE 2 EW, at the concentration specified by the manufacturer.

The spraying starts after midnight and runs until the early morning hours, but only if weather conditions allow. In case of rain or strong wind, the disinsection is postponed to the next day or another day with better conditions.

What residents are asked to do

The recommendations are specific and worth reading before bed: avoid unnecessary movement and time outdoors during the treatment, close windows and doors while the spraying lasts, protect food, utensils and other household items if they are outside, and do not linger near where the work is being done.

A separate notice is addressed to beekeepers - to take timely measures to protect colonies and hives. That part is not a formality: adulticide products do not tell a mosquito from a bee.

What is asked of the municipalities

This is the third disinsection of the season. It is a routine treatment and it is good that there is a plan and an announcement.

The question that goes unanswered every time is how the effect of the previous two was measured. Disinsection is not expensive in itself - it is a recurring cost, using a product that also affects other insect populations. If after three rounds nobody publishes whether and by how much the population dropped, then what is being paid for is a procedure, not a result.

The announcement reached residents on time and with clear instructions. That is half the job. The other half is the follow-up - and that is usually the part that goes missing.