# Mosquito control district software that links trap counts to the treatment that followed

> A mosquito control district is a special purpose local government that runs mosquito surveillance and control across a defined area, funded by an assessment and answerable to a board. Integrated mosquito management moves from trap counts to an action threshold to a treatment, and every application has to be recorded against a product label and a certified applicator, whose certification expires 5 years after issuance under 40 CFR 171. Neurobird keeps the count, the threshold and the application in one linked season record.

- URL: https://neurobird.com/mosquito/
- Product: Neurobird Mosquito Control District Client Portal
- Niche: mosquito control district
- Buyer: mosquito control and vector districts
- Status: in development, open for early access
- Updated: 2026-08-21

## What Neurobird Mosquito Control District does

- Record trap counts and species identification by site and date, in the field
- Trigger and document treatment decisions against your own action thresholds
- Log every application with product, rate, site, weather and the certified applicator responsible
- Produce the board report, the permit reporting and the public records answer from the same record

## How it works

1. **Capture counts in the field** Trap, date, species, count. Entered at the trap rather than transcribed from a notebook at the end of the week.
2. **Let thresholds do the arguing** Your own action thresholds sit in the system. When a count crosses one, the decision and its basis are recorded together.
3. **Log the application once** Product, rate, site, weather, equipment and the certified applicator. That single record serves the board report, the permit file and the records request.

## From the source material

> Source Reduction Source reduction refers to the direct manipulation of habitats where mosquitoes reproduce.

Source: jcvcd.gov, https://jcvcd.gov/mosquito/control/

## Industry context

- **171.103** Commercial and private applicator certifications expire 5 years after issuance under 40 CFR 171.103, and a state certification period may not exceed 5 years. (source: eCFR, 40 CFR 171, https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-E/part-171)
- **1999 to 2025** ArboNET holds reported West Nile virus case data from 1999 onward, the surveillance backdrop districts plan seasons against. (source: CDC, West Nile historic data, https://www.cdc.gov/west-nile-virus/data-maps/historic-data.html)
- **2026 PGP** EPA issues a Pesticide General Permit for point source discharges from pesticide applications to waters, with its own coverage and reporting duties. (source: EPA, NPDES pesticide permitting, https://www.epa.gov/npdes/pesticide-permitting)
- **4 methods** EPA describes an integrated approach built on source reduction, larvicides, adulticides and population suppression rather than spraying alone. (source: EPA, Mosquito Control, https://www.epa.gov/mosquitocontrol)
- **1 category** Public health pest control is a distinct certification category for government employees and contractors applying restricted use pesticides in public health programs. (source: CDC, for mosquito control professionals, https://www.cdc.gov/mosquitoes/php/toolkit/index.html)

## Pricing

- Small district: $240 per district, per month
- District: $520 per district, per month
- Regional: $950 per district, per month

## Questions

### What is a mosquito control district?

A mosquito control district is a special purpose local government, funded by an assessment or levy, that runs surveillance and control of mosquito populations across a defined area. It typically operates traps, treats larval habitat, runs adulticide routes when thresholds are crossed and answers to an elected or appointed board.

### Why does the trap data matter so much?

Because it is the justification for spending public money on a pesticide application. Integrated mosquito management works from surveillance to threshold to treatment, and the surveillance record is what makes the treatment defensible to a board, a regulator or a resident who did not want the truck on their street.

### Who has to be certified to apply the product?

Public health pest control is its own certification category under 40 CFR 171. Certified applicators must be at least 18 years old and a certification expires 5 years after issuance unless the applicator is recertified, and records must show which certified applicator supervised each noncertified applicator.

### Do we need an NPDES permit for spraying over water?

In many cases yes. EPA and authorised states issue a Pesticide General Permit covering point source discharges from pesticide applications to or over waters of the United States, with its own recordkeeping and annual reporting expectations.

### Does this replace our GIS?

No. It writes to it. Sites, routes and treatment records carry coordinates, so your existing mapping keeps working while the counts, thresholds and applications stop living on paper.

## Sources

- [eCFR, 40 CFR 171 certification of applicators](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-E/part-171)
- [EPA, Mosquito Control](https://www.epa.gov/mosquitocontrol)
- [EPA, NPDES pesticide permitting](https://www.epa.gov/npdes/pesticide-permitting)
- [CDC, West Nile virus historic data](https://www.cdc.gov/west-nile-virus/data-maps/historic-data.html)

## Contact

- office@neurobird.com
- https://neurobird.com/