Edmonton seeing record levels of mosquitoes
'Going back through our records this is a tie for the earliest we have ever had summer species showing'
The buzzing is going to get worse.
According to the Edmonton's mosquito control unit the city is seeing record levels of mosquitos this year.
"Going back through our records this is a tie for the earliest we have ever had summer species showing," said Mike Jenkins, a biological sciences technician.
Jenkins also said it's one of the latest they've seen the spring mosquito populations emerge. The summer species and the spring species usually don't hatch this close together.
The city blames a dry April on the delayed hatching of the spring population.
The arrival of a hot and moist late May afterwards created the perfect conditions to hatch both the spring and summer mosquito swarms.
Jenkins said on average the city's traps capture about 40 mosquitos a week, which is a bit above average.
However, the all-time record was set in July of 1982 when they collected about 111,000 mosquitoes per trap.