AFA Level
Adulticiding Factor Analysis (AFA)
Current Nuisance Mosquito Control Measures
This website is updated regularly to provide Winnipeg citizens with the most current information available.
Please keep in mind that mosquito activity is dependent on environmental conditions. Significant changes in environmental conditions may often require corresponding changes in our scheduling of day-to-day operations.
The Current AFA Level is:
LOW
AFA Factors |
Current Conditions |
| Soil Moisture Conditions |
- Soil moisture conditions are near normal.
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| Forecasted Rainfall |
- Rain has been forecasted within the next 7 days.
- Approximately 20 - 40mm of rain has fallen in the last 7 days.
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| Trap counts (New Jersey Light Traps) |
- The NJLT average for May 23, 2012 is 6.
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| Current Status of Adult
Mosquito Population |
- Non-nuisance spring species are present.
- Spring nuisance species have begun to appear.
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Average Cumulative
Temperatures
("Current Degree Model") |
- Temperatures are favourable for moderate larval development.
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| Status of Larval
Development Sites |
- Mosquito larva are present in low numbers and in all instar stages.
- Larva are present in small and large water sites within and up to 10 kilometres around the City of Winnipeg.
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Please refer to the
Adult Mosquito
Control Policy, which includes the Adulticiding Factor Analysis (AFA)
Guidelines, for more details
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