While there haven't been many mosquitoes around Swift Current so far this year, the recent rainfalls could change that.

Just over three weeks into the summer its rained ten times already amounting to 63.5 millimetres, a much different story from spring when the area received well below average precipitation-wise.

Andy Toth, parks manager with the City of Swift Current, said the mosquito population was significantly down this year so far because most of the stagnant bodies of water around the city had been dry up until recently.

"Now with the recent rain, these stagnant bodies of water will fill up," Toth said. "Typically what happens is the eggs are laid on the vegetation around those, so when you get a good rain, that washes the eggs into the stagnant bodies of water. Currently, we're out right now treating at the moment."

The City created their treatment program in 1994 and spend on average $30,000-$35,000 per year, mostly on VectoBac product.

"If we didn't treat the stuff that we're treating it could be ten to fifteen times worse than it actually is," Toth said. "Our program is to reduce the numbers of the population."

Toth remembers the summer before the program was implemented, and said it was brutal to go outside in Swift Current in the early 90s because of the bugs.