Why the potential ‘normal’ mosquito weather of Calgary may seem worse.
This is the time to get the bug spray out.
After many years for mosquito activity in Calgary due to prolonged drought, periodic rains mean that the bloodsukar is out of full enthusiasm.
Calgary entomologist John Swan said that the best (or worst, depending on how you see it), this is the “normal year” for mosquitoes.
But since we are easy in recent years, Calgary people may feel that they are removing mosquitoes as they use.
And he warns that it may deteriorate in the coming weeks.
Swan, who works in ABI environmental services, said, “I look at the next two weeks and yes, of course, we can get periodic rains every three days. And that is what you need for summer mosquitoes.”
“The time has come to start to be vigilant now.”
The city of Calgary, which monitors mosquito numbers every year, said that rains and recently warm temperatures have increased as a result of mosquitoes. They hope that it is at the peak by mid -July, but says the trapping data reflects a specific number of mosquitoes for this time of the year.
But some Calgary people say that it is calm on the mosquito front until the recent explosion seems to be like a recent week.
‘They are all over’
Calgian Alan Chu focused on the sudden bounce of mosquitoes in the last several days – and similarly his family visited Ontario.
“They were the first pair of nights,” I can’t believe you guys can just open the doors. ” There is no screen on the courtyard doors behind us, “Chu said.
“Then in the last few days, they like, ‘Oh, no, not so incredible,’ because we started receiving mosquitoes indoors.”
“They are young, spriers. They are all over.”
His wife does not like the smell of chemicals in traditional bug repelles, so in recent times she stocks on other solutions.
Boney Larsen said, “We put lemon eucalyptus essential oil on our skin … and uses citronella candles or citronella essential oils.”
West nile avoids
Swann said that he advises to practice the abundance of caution in this time of the year.
“Even if you are not around water, I am still putting on the repelles, wearing white clothes, long sleeves, trying to escape from the morning and evening when the mosquitoes are feeding the most actively,” he said.
But it is not itching of mosquito bites that bothers him the most – it is a risk of being a waste nile virus.
She is particularly concerned that the aggressive northern house mosquito, a mosquito species that can carry diseases such as West Nile, exist in Calgary in recent years.
Researchers from the University of Calgary Bulling Civil scientists to study the potential health effects of the species, which are known as drought resistant and prefers human habitat.
“Even in a bad year, now we have a problem with this urban housing mosquito that transmits the West Nile.”
Swan predicts that the mosquito season may last by the end of October, but it depends on how dry and cool it becomes.
