WINNIPEG -- Those pesky mosquitoes Winnipeggers have been swatting over the last week will be met with a vigorous fogging campaign beginning Thursday night. The city-wide trap count is at 51, double the required 25 for two consecutive days needed to begin the annual...
WINNIPEG -- The 50-70 mm of rain the city received over the weekend has contributed to the pending emergence of those pesky mosquitoes. Over the next seven to 10 days, summer adult nuisance mosquitoes will begin appearing and have already started hatching in water....
That M word that gets Winnipeggers itchy at the very thought is upon us again. Mosquito season is here and the city is ready to tackle the pesky blood-suckers with its arsenal of surveillance and larviciding equipment. Based on an environmentally-friendly insect...
A batch of mosquitoes carrying the West Nile Virus have been found in Oakbank, Manitoba. The province says the season's first Culex tarsalis mosquito samples infected with the virus were collected during the week of July 20. No human cases of the virus have been...
Mayoral candidate Gord Steeves says he will work to cut mosquito buffer zones in half if elected Winnipeg's next mayor. The former city councillor announced Tuesday a plan to fight mosquitoes by also pushing for aerial spraying with an organic compound instead of...
The City of Winnipeg has put mosquito fogging on hold due to low trap counts. The city-wide average adult mosquito trap count on Sunday was nine. Fogging will resume when trap counts are in the range of 100 in one or more quadrants of the city. Due to cool overnight...
Inflated trap counts have forced the City of Winnipeg to begin fogging for mosquitoes this weekend. Fogging of adult nuisance mosquitoes will begin Saturday night between 9:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. on Sunday, weather dependent. The city-wide trap count average was at 224...
The City of Winnipeg is warning residents to be prepared to swat. After the significant amount of rain the city received received last weekend, the second generation of summer nuisance mosquitoes are beginning to hatch. While the city-wide trap count currently sits at...
Warm, wet weather over the last 10 days hasn't been good news for Winnipeg's mosquito population. The city says some summer nuisance mosquito species have hatched in the water, and the first generation of the species will appear in the next three to five days, weather...
The cooler temperatures outside wouldn't have you thinking of mosquito season, but the City of Winnipeg is in full-on insect control mode. The season's first mosquito briefing was held Thursday, previewing the city's upcoming plans to wage war on the blood-sucking...
Former City of Winnipeg entomologist Taz Stuart has resurfaced in a new role, helping to develop a company specializing in something he knows very well -- fighting mosquitoes. Stuart is part of the Mosquito Tech team, a new mosquito control company that will make its...
The City of Winnipeg has replaced its former entomologist to head up the Insect Control Branch. Ken Nawolsky replaces Taz Stuart, who left his position abruptly last year for unspecified reasons. Nawolsky has worked in the city's finance department for several years,...
