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What’s the buzz on the latest mosquito-fighting techniques? Experts in that very field are gathering in Winnipeg this week to find out.
The city is hosting the 14th annual Meeting of the North Central Mosquito Control Association (NCMCA) April 5-6, gathering minds from Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Western Ontario.
Mosquitoes infected with the West Nile virus have been found in Manitoba, including in Winnipeg.
The province’s mosquito surveillance program found the season’s first infected Culex tarsalis mosquitoes in adult mosquito traps set in both Altona and Winnipeg during the first week of July, according to a release from the province Friday.
By The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG – Some Manitobans jokingly refer to mosquitoes as their unofficial provincial bird, but Winnipeg has been unusually free of the pesky insects so far this year.
Ken Nawolsky, the city’s superintendent of insect control, said the average daily mosquito count in the 28 monitoring traps scattered throughout the city for most of May and June has been zero.
Just in time for the *swat* mosquito season, the City of Winnipeg has received federal approval to use a new chemical this year.
DeltaGard 20EW was approved Friday by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency.
WINNIPEG — The city’s mosquito situation is being kept at bay at the moment, but some precipitation in the forecast could quickly elevate trap count numbers.
Ken Nawolsky, superintendent of insect control, says his department has concluded one round of its spring larviciding program, before going back to revisit the sites.
New Transport Canada guidelines have changed the way the City of Winnipeg handles fly-over larviciding efforts as part of its insect control program.
New this season, signs will be posted in public areas where many people tend to congregate, alerting them that the city will be using helicopters to apply larvicides. Signage will pop up in athletic fields, larger parks, and golf courses 24 hours in advance with a date and time the treatment is scheduled to occur.
WINNIPEG — A surge in the city’s mosquito population will put fogging trucks back on the streets beginning Sunday night.
Fogging will be carried out starting August 21 between 9:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., weather permitting. Crews will continue to fog until further notice and the city will be releasing areas to be targeted in the coming days.
By Sarah Klein
A Manitoba man in his 40s is the first human case of West Nile Virus in the province this season.
Officials say the man lives in the southern health region and is believed to have been exposed during the week of July 17.
By Sarah Klein
The first batch of Culex tarsalis mosquito samples infected with West Nile virus have been identified in Manitoba.
The province says the infected mosquitoes were collected during the week of July 20 from adult mosquito traps in Altona, West St. Paul and Winkler.
Rainy weather Thursday night prevented crews from fogging for mosquitoes in Winnipeg.
The city says, weather permitting, fogging will resume Friday night for adult nuisance mosquitoes.
The Insect Control Branch will fog between 9:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m.
Areas to be treated tonight include 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50 and 51.
