Wet summer weather leads to more mosquitoes in Metro Vancouver

VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — An increase in mosquitoes in Metro Vancouver is due to a wet start to summer.

More hot weather may provide a reprieve for those who feel like they’re getting eaten alive, but don’t expect scorching temperatures until early next week.

Fluctuating water levels on the Fraser River are partly to blame for an increase in mosquitoes in Metro Vancouver early this summer, according to Shaun Culver, with Morrow Bioscience.

“Each peak was higher than the previous peak, which has meant lots of mosquitoes hatching,” he said of river levels.

“I would say it’s been about 10 years since we’ve seen a mosquito season like this,” Culver said.

Morrow Bioscience does mosquito control along the Fraser River.

Culver said it’s impossible to prevent all larva from hatching.

“We’ve done lots of larval treatments,” he added. “We still get 80 to 90 per of them, but the remainder is quite high this year.”

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He would welcome more hot, sunny weather.

“It’s a good thing we’re seeing some hotter temperatures because the hotter temperatures do kill mosquitoes.”

Russ Lacate, NEWS 1130 meteorologist, said the forecast calls for temperatures to climb towards 30 C early next week.

“I’m not sure if that’s sustainable, it rarely is on the West Coast. Still, it does look generally dry and sunny for the long-range next week.”

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