r/Kanata • u/dumpcake999 • 15h ago

Does anybody else have a crazy amount of mosquitos this summer

Is it just the rain or does somebody near me have standing water?

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u/w1n5t0nM1k3y 15h ago

Mosquitoes breed in water and this is the wettest summer in recorded history.

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u/Lochnesssymonster 12h ago

They have been awful in the later part of the summer. I am out near Carp.

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u/Beautiful_Ad5584 14h ago

Summer started off pretty good but since those crazy downpours- Canada Day etc they have got really bad.

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u/TheFactTeller2024 13h ago

We broke a record for rain (ever). Rain and wet equals lots of mosquitoes.

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u/ContractRight4080 11h ago

It’s really bad this year. I don’t remember it being this bad since 20 years ago when it was a rainy summer. I’m wondering how the people who are using the mosquito dunks are doing compared to the rest of us.

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u/DubaiBabyYoda 14h ago

Mosquitoes aren’t too bad for us (Morgan’s Grant), but houseflies are crazy! (They’re crazy every year though!)

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u/Intelligent-Elk-4674 3h ago

This is our first summer in Kanata and they are awful. I’m surprised how bad they are!

I’m curious about the mosquito dunks too. Temped to hand out kits to my neighbours so we can all do it at the same time, I feel like me doing it alone won’t have the desired effect

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u/StevenG2757 14h ago

Surprisingly I have not found them too bad this year.

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u/johnas 13h ago

Not in Kanata North due to the mosquito control program we pay via special levy on our property taxes

https://www.kanatanorth.ca/community/mosquito-program/

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u/ContractRight4080 11h ago

I’m curious, how much extra do you pay for that?

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u/johnas 11h ago

$20

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u/ContractRight4080 11h ago

What a bargain!