Dead butterflies have been found throughout the city after left spraying over mosquitoes.
“They’re over the place,” says Curt Flaten.
Curt Flaten was not happy, he walked in his garden and neighborhood ran monarch to death of monarch.
“There’s something; they’re all over,” Flaten says.
He and others are shocked to find the popular butterflies scattered across grass fields and streets after the nightly spraying of the air.
Matt Paulson was delivering packages to SW Fargo today when he could not believe what he saw. Some weeks had piles of it.
“I saw a couple of kids piling them up, probably 25 monarchs. In that first neighborhood in Deer Creek, I saw at least 300.” since Paulson.
What frustrates many of the monarch butterfly fans is that the butterflies have just begun their migration.
“I went for a walk and through the neighborhood and they were across the sidewalks and the streets.” since Andrea Samari.
Cass Co Vector Control had phones off the hook, but they did last week as well when the mosquito net was at a record level.
“A lot of calls and complaints, it was both sides of the coin. 24 hours ago, the voicemail was full of hatred and anger that we did not do enough,” says Ben Prather.
Social media exploded with pictures and comments about the dead butterflies. People are happy that the mosquitoes took a hit, but not happy about the cost.
“There are some insects that are dead, absolutely no change in the protocol and the specifications were done to perfection. Same chemical, same product, same aircraft, same process and procedure that we have used in 10 years,” since Prather.
Social media exploded with pictures and comments about the dead butterflies. People are happy that the mosquitoes took a hit, but not happy about the cost.
On Thursday afternoon, officials with Cass Vector Control issued a statement saying spraying was absolutely necessary because our region has a 5-year mosquito trap and West Nile has been detected in Grand Forks and Wahpeton.
