If you think mosquitoes are bad in the Winnipeg, you haven’t been to Komarno, Manitoba! It’s a small community about an hour north of Winnipeg and is also the unofficial mosquitoes “capital of the world”! Even its name is Ukrainian for ‘full of mosquitos’, they also have a massive mosquito statue to honour the bloodsucker. Last summer the community all came out to film a OFF! bug spray commercial, but the relationship with the company started in 1985. One resident reached out to OFF! for some help to build the mosquito statue and they made a donation towards it.
Now it’s liking coming full circle as the bug company teamed up with local Winnipeg entomologist Taz Stuart to shoot a commercial at a BBQ will hundreds of locals. I talked w/ Taz about the experience:
View the full OFF! video HERE.
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