FOR RESIDENTS
Insects
Firewood - Bad Bugs
Protect our trees from bad bugs. Don't move firewood. For more information, click here.
Invasive Species
There are insects, plants and animals that are native to our area and those that are not. In our transient, global society, insects have ample opportunity to travel to our area on lumber trucks and other forms of transport, for example. This import of invasive insects disrupts the natural ecological cycle. For some species, there is no natural check and balance and the insect flourishes at the expense of native plants. Below is information about the most abundant invasive species in Minnesota.
Metropolitan Mosquito Control District
The Metropolitan Mosquito Control District provides a variety of services in the seven county Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota metropolitan area. Services include:
- Survey for and control mosquitoes that transmit human diseases,
- Monitor deer tick populations and provide public education regarding Lyme and other tick-borne diseases,
- Survey for and control nuisance causing mosquitoes, biting gnats, and mosquitoes that transmit dog heartworm,
- Public education regarding all aspects of District programs, with emphasis on ways to reduce risk of mosquito and tick-borne diseases.
Click here for the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District
Related Links
- Aquatic animals
- Aquatic plants
- Asian Lady Beetle
- Buckthorn
- Earthworms
- Emerald Ash Bore
- Garlic Mustard
- Gypsy Moth
- Milfoil, Eurasian
- Purple loosestrife
- Reed Canary Grass
- DNR link to invasive species