Recent Weather Has Resulted in Millions of "Floodwater Mosquitoes"

Thursday, August 26th, 2021 -- 8:04 AM

(Terry Bell, WRN) The recent hot, rainy weather is being blamed for millions of “floodwater mosquitoes” in Wisconsin.

A spokesman for the Mosquito Squad of Northeast Wisconsin says there was a massive hatch of the pests in the last week or so. Andrew Ratka says a female can lay up to a billion eggs in a month if conditions are ideal.

Ratka says it’s important to control standing water on your property. He says he expects the mosquito population to remain high for at least two more weeks or until the temperatures drop into the 50s or 60s.

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