How to Locate Mosquito Breeding Sites
Besides ruining a peaceful sleep, a mosquitoes’ annoying whine circling your personal space can incredibly be annoying and frustrating. There are 3500 types of mosquitoes but with different behavioral habits. However, they share one thing in common; their need for...
How Does 2020 Compare To 2019 In Terms Of Mosquito-Borne Disease Rates In Massachusetts?
Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) is a mosquito-borne disease that is becoming more common in several US states, most notably in Massachusetts where 12 individuals contracted the disease during 2019. Every year in the US, an average of 11 people contract EEE from...
Everything Residents Should Know About The Invasive Asian Tiger Mosquito In Massachusetts, And Their Potential For Transmitting Disease
During the summer of 2017, an entomologist with the Bristol County Mosquito Control Project, Todd Duval, received a phone call from a New Bedford homeowner about unusually aggressive mosquito pests that had attacked her two children during the daytime. The two...