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(City of Winnipeg/Facebook) Article continues below advertisement ↴ The City of Winnipeg is launching its yearly tree pest caterpillar control targeting insects such as elm spanworms. Starting on Sunday night, the city's Insect Control Branch will be spraying Health Canada-approved Bacillus thuringiensis  to reduce the tree pests. This is set to last for five to six weeks, Sundays to Fridays, dependent on rain and winds. “Winnipeggers can expect to see moderate to high levels of defoliation in some parts of the city in late May and early June based on surveillance information," S...

Article content The City will kick off its annual insect control season on Monday. The program will focus on targeted, environmentally-friendly mosquito larviciding, which the City says is the most effective way to control mosquitoes. Larviciding targets mosquito larvae in the aquatic stage before they hatch into adults. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Winnipeg girds for annual battle against mosquitoes Back to video Key parts of the mosquito control program include a 100% biorational larviciding program using ground equipment and helicopters...