
Stop the Itch! Mosquito Spraying Now Underway in Sioux Falls
I love the summer months, but there are a few downsides to the warm weather months here in the Dakotas, one being winged things that bite and spread disease.
I have to believe not many people are big fans of bees, wasps, mosquitos, and other pesky insects.
But if you live in a state like South Dakota, they definitely come with the territory during the summer months.

That's why the City of Sioux Falls is busy taking steps right now to help curb a potential mosquito problem.
According to Dakota News Now, the city has begun regularly for mosquitoes. A team of about 20 people has been given the task of stopping the itch and helping protect residents from the threat of the West Nile virus.
Chances are you've already heard the familiar buzzing sound of mosquito-spraying trucks combing Sioux Falls neighborhoods during the evening hours.
Dakota News Now reports that the city of Sioux Falls has been broken up into 18 different zones. Traps to collect mosquitoes have been set up in each zone. The Sioux Falls Public Health Department counts and identifies the trapped mosquitoes, and then determines if the mosquitoes captured can spread West Wile. The traps also give the mosquito team a good idea of where they need to concentrate their spraying efforts.
The city of Sioux Falls started its mosquito spraying program in 2003. During that year, a large number of people were infected with the West Nile virus.
So far this mosquito season has been tracking closely to what officials have seen in the past. If we continue to get the volume of moisture we've been seeing so far, there's a good chance we'll be saddled with a fairly significant mosquito problem throughout the Sioux Empire.
Source: Dakota News Now
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