Fog Is About to Fall Over Mosquito Population

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"Our expected large emergence of adult summer nuisance mosquitoes has occurred," entomologist Taz Stuart said Wednesday at a news conference. "We've seen this over the past three days and people have started to notice them. This is based on the approximately 100 millimetres of rain that we received about two weeks ago."

The city had received 575 requests by Wednesday afternoon. In previous years, the number of buffer zones at the beginning of a fogging program has been about 1,300, Stuart said. He expected the number of requests to increase considerably in the wake of the city's announcement that fogging is set to begin.

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Fog Is About to Fall Over Mosquito Population

By Bartley Kives and Joe Paraskevas

Canadian football isn't the only summer activity slated to begin in Winnipeg this Friday.

Fogging f...

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