MILTON, Del. (AP) - Mosquito control officials fear that two instances of heavy rains last month have only made it easier for mosquitoes to breed this fall.
State Mosquito Control Administrator William Meredith tells The News Journal of Wilmington (https://delonline.us/2dFDOsg ) that two major rains in September have already meant that biting mosquito populations have been growing, especially in coastal Sussex County.
State crews are using insecticides to kill both adult and larvae, but their jobs have been made more difficult by the rain, as standing water collects in roadside ditches, coastal salt marshes and seasonal wooded pools.
Meredith says crews are especially concerned about the restored salt marshes at Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, east of Milton, and wooded wetlands throughout the state.
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Information from: The News Journal of Wilmington, Del., https://www.delawareonline.com
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