City urged to bite on new mosquito fogging plan — even if price tag stings – Winnipeg Free Press

The City of Winnipeg has options to battle mosquitoes if its fogging agent runs out, though all would come at a significant price.

With Winnipeg on track to run out of its fogging agent in about two to three years, the city cannot make a policy change to reduce mosquito bites per minute without increasing its insect control budget, a report states.

Since the DeltaGard fogging solution is no longer sold in Canada, Winnipeg can’t order more and “no new products have become available” that meet the city’s needs, it notes.

“It is likely that Winnipeg will not have an adult mosquito control program in the near future unless a suitable adulticide becomes available. Changes need to be made now to prepare for this possibility,” writes David Wade, superintendent of insect control, in the report.