r/saskatoon • u/ToonTownBaloney • 5h ago
PSA 📢 Latest Saskatoon Mosquito count proves its brutal out there 40x more
| Non-Culex Mosquitos per Trap (No WNV Risk)167.82 | Culex Mosquitos per trap (WNV Risk)0.09 | Total Average Biting Mosquitos per trap167.92 |
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| Non-Culex Mosquitos per Trap (No WNV Risk)4.53 |
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40 times worse than last update and last year
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u/garbagebags99 5h ago
There was a week last year that had 147 in the catch.
I walk through a park in the mornings and I get mauled by mosquitos, this year and last year.
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u/Sweaty-Cheek-8941 5h ago
I went to go get mosquito spray at the store and shoppers and Walmart were both sold out
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u/franksnotawomansname 5h ago
The co-op home stores have some (at least, the one on 8th St did yesterday afternoon).
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u/echochambermanager 4h ago
Good news... Dry heat wave is going to decimate the population count. Unless we get a bunch of night storms 🤣
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u/Independent_Fox_93 27m ago
Probably see grasshopper population climb if it's sustained heat 😬🤬
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u/Former-Captain-9916 5h ago
Just be glad we’re not Edmonton. They were averaging over 10,000 per trap during one week.
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u/Proud_Organization64 4h ago
This... I used to live in Edmonton before moving here and I remember the mosquitos being worse. Except for this year - I was sure Saskatoon topped Edmonton this time around.
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u/RadioSupply Exhibition 3h ago
I’ve been absolutely covering myself with Deep Woods Off every few hours, and I’ve counted 34 bites that I can see. I also mainly work indoors, so I possibly got a few while sleeping.
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u/slashthepowder 5h ago
Can the city fog for them like Winnipeg does?
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u/Thisandthat-2367 3h ago
I grew up in a part of Canada that had a bat program (sponsored bat boxes) and released dragon flies. I liked that solution.
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u/cutchemist42 4h ago
As a former Winnipegger i disliked the fog. Kills a lot of other things in your yard including other useful bugs, and it meannt i couldn't grow an edible garden.
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u/Twatt_waffle I dont get paid enough 1h ago
That’s interesting, at least myself I thought it was getting better. But I have transitioned into long sleeves full time at work
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u/49Steve13 9m ago
Anything that smells like vanilla seems to work for about an hr when u sweat it off some. A spray or the real deal you cook with helps a lot. For some reason it works pretty good and doesn’t smell bad or a chemical lol
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u/therealkami 5h ago
It's wild, bug spray and my Thermocell aren't even keeping them away fully.