If you were slapping at mosquitoes any night this week and wondering if a fogging was in the City of Brandon’s immediate future, they’ve offered their answer.
In a release, the city said they continue to actively monitor mosquito populations across the city through weekly trap collections and surveillance activities, and the trap collections have not met the required thresholds for fogging. They explained that fogging happens if either the average count of nuisance mosquitoes is over 1000 per trap, if any individual trap records more than 2,000 nuisance mosquitoes, or if the Adulticiding Factor Analysis (AFA) rating falls into and remains in the high category for two consecutive trap counts.
“Current mosquito trap counts remain well below these thresholds,” said the city in their release. “The highest single trap so far this year was 1,208 mosquitoes. The most recent trap collections recorded average counts of 628 on July 19 and 262 on July 20, with the AFA rated as medium. Counts are updated weekly and available at opengov.brandon.ca.”
The city also said their mosquito control program focuses primarily on larval control, which targets mosquitoes before they emerge as flying adults. They added that following high-water events, some pools of standing water maybe difficult or impossible to access for treatment. In addition, areas connected directly to the Assiniboine River cannot be treated due to Health Canada regulations.
