Tag Archives: floodwater

Rain and mosquitoes

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With all of the rain that we have received lately and more on the way, it’s understandable for people to be concerned about mosquitoes.  I’m not going to rehash everything here in this post, but I will direct you to past posts on mosquito topics. I do want to let people know of floodwater mosquitoes which are different from our normal culprits.  I usually get the statement of the “huge mosquito” or a “mosquito that REALLY hurts when it bites” or a “mosquito that tried to carry them… Read More →

September 9, 2017- What I’m seeing

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Insects that I’ve been getting the most questions on lately are: 1. MOSQUITOES- why are they so HUGE?! These are floodwater mosquitoes and I’m going to direct you to some great articles that were recently released to provide with all the details.  Click HERE and HERE. 2. Hackberry psyllids are back! Have you been seeing tiny fly-like insects piling up on your windowsill?  If so, you may have hackberry psyllids.  These are pretty common around here in the late summer into fall.  You can see my previous post… Read More →