Source: CBC Edmonton
Drier summers making for tepid mosquito seasons compared to 1980s, expert says.
The helicopters are airborne and the ground crews are in the field — it’s mosquito-fighting season in Edmonton.
The city’s resident mosquito expert, Michael Jenkins, is forecasting a modest mosquito season, consistent with the past few years. He expects it will pale in comparison to the mosquito heyday in the 1980s, a downward trend driven in part by climate change.
The cool nights early this spring have slowed the mosquito larvae’s metabolism and stunted their growth.
The longer the larvae take to develop, the longer the city has to target them with bio-pesticides before peak mosquito season hits in July.
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