You can be a mosquito bite fighter along with the Regional District Mosquito Control program.
While temperatures are cooler than usual for this time of year, nuisance mosquitoes are still present. As mosquitoes usually peak between mid-June and the end of July, steps you take now around your property can help make for fewer bites this summer.
Help reduce mosquito development and hatches by:
The RDCO Mosquito Control program says residents can also protect themselves in a number of ways:
For several years, trained professionals from Duka Environmental Limited have been providing mosquito control to the RDCO to those areas that help fund the program.
President Curtis Fediuk says, “The program’s designed to control, not eliminate mosquitoes. Following COVID safety measures, we’ve been out in the field since mid-April monitoring 280 known mosquito breeding locations. When we find mosquito larvae developing, we apply a bacterial larvicide that controls the larva before they become biting adults.”
During late June and July, the program also controls mosquito development by monitoring and if necessary, treating more than 12,000 roadside catch basins located along public roadways and residential streets.
Residents in the participating areas of the program (City of Kelowna, District of Lake Country, District of Peachland, Central Okanagan East, Westbank First Nation and a small section of West Kelowna Estates in the City of West Kelowna) can report mosquito concerns by completing an online form at rdco.com/mosquitoes or calling Duka Environmental at 1-800-681-3472.