Tulsa Health Department Begins Spraying For Mosquitoes

It's mosquito season and the Tulsa Health Department has trucks out spraying to get ahead of the insects.

The department said you're most likely to get bit between July and October in Oklahoma, but it is never too soon to take precaution.

"Eliminate any areas that mosquitoes are able to habitat. As soon as the temperatures rises to a temperature that's ideal for their activity, they will become active and come out and they'll become a nuisaunce," Michael Morrison with the Tulsa Health Department said.

The health department said it's constanly setting up traps around neighborhoods.

After mosquitoes are collected from the traps, they are tested for West Nile virus.

In 2021, there were 17 confirmed cases of West Nile virus in Oklahoma and two were fatal.