Fargo signs mosquito control contract, seeks more input on spraying
The city of Moorhead, which decided to pause aerial spraying when it signed its contract last month, is set to discuss the issue again on Monday. 6:00 am, May 7, 2021 ×
Dead monarch butterflies were found across the Fargo area after aerial spraying in August 2020 to control mosquitoes. WDAY photo
FARGO Fargo City Commissioners have signed the city s annual mosquito control contract but are seeking more input before making final decisions on aerial and ground-based spraying this year.
Aerial spraying became a controversial topic in the Fargo-Moorhead area last August when a large number of migrating monarch butterflies died after a night of aerial spraying in what came to be known locally as the Monarch Massacre.