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To protect the health and safety of staff and customers and to slow the transmission of COVID-19, the Department of Environmental Health (DEH) will temporarily close all public lobby spaces effective Friday, March 20^th. Vector Control Program services including mosquitofish pickup, insect identification and rabies testing submissions will continue.

If picking up mosquito fish, please call (858) 694-2888 or email vector@sdcounty.ca.gov to schedule an appointment.
If submitting a sample for rabies testing, please call (858) 694-2888 from the parking lot upon arrival for further instructions.
Insect samples for identification can be submitted by email to vector@sdcounty.ca.gov as clear images less than 5mb in size or by US mail to 5570 Overland Ave. Suite 102, San Diego, CA 92123 (ATTN: Vector Ecologist)

For information regarding Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), please visit the County of San Diego, Health and Human Services Agency's webpage.

Vector Control Program

About us - Contact info and directions

2019 Aerial Larvicide applications

CEQA Environmental Review

Annual Engineer's Report

Vector and Disease Information


Mosquitoes	Rats and Mice	Ticks	Other Vectors
West Nile virus	Plague	Tularemia	Fleas
Zika virus	Hantavirus	Lyme Disease	Eye Gnats

VCP Services

Inspection Request	Request a Rat or Mosquito Inspection
Report	Report Dead Birds, Green Pools, or Mosquito Activity
Education & Outreach	Request a Presentation or Request Educational Materials
Mosquito Fish	Pick-up Locations (FREE!)