With rainy season in full swing, additional standing water provides ideal breeding grounds for mosquitoes. “Surveillance data shows increasing populations of mosquitoes classified as floodwater,” said Volusia County Mosquito Control Director Suzanne Bartlett. “Floodwater mosquitoes result from eggs laid in the soil that have dried and are awaiting a rain event to hatch into mosquito […]

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