Mosquitoes are ‘bugging’ Saskatchewan, with numbers way up compared to past years
It feels like the attack of the mosquitoes this year in Saskatchewan — it seems you can’t go outside without getting bit. Mosquito counts in Saskatchewan are way up this year, with numbers up year over year and beating the 10-year average.In Saskatoon traps, there were an average of 168 last week. That’s compared to five mosquitoes per trap last year at this time.
- ▪It feels like the attack of the mosquitoes this year in Saskatchewan — it seems you can’t go outside without getting bit.
- ▪Mosquito counts in Saskatchewan are way up this year, with numbers up year over year and beating the 10-year average.In Saskatoon traps, there were an average of 168 last week.
- ▪That’s compared to five mosquitoes per trap last year at this time.
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It feels like the attack of the mosquitoes this year in Saskatchewan — it seems you can’t go outside without getting bit. Mosquito counts in Saskatchewan are way up this year, with numbers up year over year and beating the 10-year average.In Saskatoon traps, there were an average of 168 last week. That’s compared to five mosquitoes per trap last year at this time. View image in full screen Credit: City of Saskatoon. Regina has 12 traps throughout the city with an average of 200 last week. Last year, it was an average of 10. Story continues below advertisement if ( typeof( gn_monetize ) !== 'undefined' && typeof( gn_monetize.Ads ) !== 'undefined' && gn_monetize.Ads.initialRequestMade() ) { // Ads script has been loaded, create the ad.
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