[url=http://www.waltonsun.com/news/art_2983___article.html/control_mosquito.html]The art of mosquito control practiced here | art, control, mosquito - Local News - WaltonSun.com[/url] [QUOTE] Recent heavy rainfall in Walton County is helping to cultivate a bumper crop of mosquitoes. As the amount of standing water in swills, containers, abandoned pools and ponds increases, so do the opportunities for this pest to breed. "There are a lot of mosquitoes hatching. We're noticing it already in our trap counts," said Stephen Sickerman, director of South Walton County's Mosquito Control District. Not only are there a lot of mosquitoes in the county, there are many different species. According to Sickerman, a dozen prevalent species are with us in Walton County, with 20 regularly occurring species here and close to 80 species of mosquitoes identified in the state of Florida. A recent visit to the agency's headquarters reveals a sophisticated and multi-layered approach to combating the prevalent types and addressing various lifecycles of the pests.... [/QUOTE]
