{"id":670679,"date":"2026-05-15T07:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T07:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/670679\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T07:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T07:10:10","slug":"winnipeg-starts-skeeter-squashing-for-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/670679\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg Starts Skeeter Squashing for the Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"et_pb_title_meta_container\">May 14, 2026 2:14 PM | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chrisd.ca\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-220102\" class=\"size-full wp-image-220102\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Yellowknife-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-220102\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A mosquito sits on a man\u2019s arm. (Pexels\/Supplied)<\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg crews have started their annual larviciding program to keep mosquito numbers from sucking this summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLarviciding is the most effective approach to control mosquitoes,\u201d the city said in a statement. \u201cIt targets mosquito larvae in the aquatic stage before they emerge as adult mosquitoes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis season\u2019s mosquito control program will continue to be based on an environmentally mindful strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Crews will use environmentally friendly and target-specific substances to control mosquito larvae, minimizing harm to non-target organisms and the environment. This is sometimes referred to as \u201cbiorational larviciding.\u201d Ground equipment and four helicopters will be used in the spraying.<\/p>\n<p>\nADVERTISEMENT <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The city will monitor and treat more than 28,000 hectares of water on an ongoing basis, depending on weather conditions, monitor for adult mosquitoes using traps and fog for adult mosquitoes as needed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdult mosquito treatment would only be initiated if the requirements of the City policy, the AFA Guidelines, and the Provincial Pesticide Use Permit are met,\u201d they said, adding that the chemical they will use in this instance will be DeltaGard 20EW\u00ae.<\/p>\n<p>Residents who want a buffer zone around their home can <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.winnipeg.ca\/site\/portal\/request\/pw_icb_bufferzone_vof?locale=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">apply for one here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To prevent mosquitoes on private property, people should eliminate standing water and cover water that can\u2019t be drained (like rainwater collection barrels and pools) with tarps.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Want to see more of our stories on Google?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"May 14, 2026 2:14 PM | News A mosquito sits on a man\u2019s arm. (Pexels\/Supplied) Winnipeg crews have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":670680,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,209503,77092,2001,22073],"class_list":["post-670679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-city-of-winnipeg","tag-mosquitoes","tag-summer","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}