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BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS City press conference on the update on insect control activities at Insect Control Branch Heliport – 620 Tyne Avenue (3 Grey Street). Superintendent of Insect Control Ken Nawolsky holds a bottle of DeltaGard 20EW. This is what will be used to fog for mosquitos this year in Winnipeg. DeltaGard 20EW is an insecticide that is newly registered for use in Canada for wide area mosquito control. It belongs to the pyrethroid family. Pyrethroids are the man-made versions of pyrethrins, natural insecticides from chrysanthemum flowers. As a class, pyrethroids are the most widely-used insecticides for controlling adult mosquitoes by professionals in the world.(from Bayer website). NICHOLAS FREW STORY. April 27, 2018