[All] Mosquitos from SWM ponds not swamp

[Louisette Lanteigne]

Hi folks
 
Back in 2008 the City of Cambridge was getting a number of complaints regarding the many mosquitos plaguing a subdivision that backs on to the area of the Portuguese Swamp around Townline Road.  A a precaution for  "West Nile Virus" they were considering depositing larvacide in the swamp but I did a little research and dug up hard core data proving the presence of Jeffersons there so I wrote Cambridge Council (and the MNR) an email stating it would be a direct violation of the Species at Risk Act, Provincial Policy Statement, Regional and City policy if they dared to do this.  I provided them with the relevant passages from each legislation for their reference.Fortunately they chose to do a feasibility study for a program to control nuisance mosquitoes in the Portuguese Swamp area instead.
 
In Today's KW Record, it shows that the problem mosquitos were actually NOT from the swamp area. 70% of that population prefer to snack on cold blooded critters instead of humans. They found the problem bugs were coming from the salt ridden Storm Water Management Ponds and in water contained in the debris left by area residents.
http://news.therecord.com/News/Local/article/666093
 
By the way, if you drive by a natural pond, the frogs sing all the time on a warm night. Go by an SWM pond and you have dead silence. Frogs simply don't like the salt. No predators = lots of mosquitos.
 
Lulu :0)
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