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Sun Oct 23, 2022, 09:44 AM Oct 2022

A multimillion-dollar war against mosquitoes is underway in Florida after Hurricane Ian

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/war-mosquitoes-florida-hurricane-ian-rcna52828

A multimillion-dollar war against mosquitoes is underway in Florida after Hurricane Ian

Hordes of mosquitoes have proliferated in Ian's floodwaters. Planes are dropping pesticide over hundreds of thousands of acres to control the insects.

Oct. 23, 2022, 7:00 AM EDT
By Alicia Victoria Lozano

First, the storm. Then, a plague of insects.

Hordes of mosquitoes have proliferated in floodwater and debris left in Hurricane Ian’s wake, and now swarm Florida communities.

State and local officials are waging a multimillion-dollar war against the bloodsucking insects — which are known to spread diseases like West Nile virus and St. Louis encephalitis — as they try to keep residents safe and prevent the voracious insects from slowing down the recovery crews working to fix power lines and rebuild infrastructure.

"The mosquitoes are out there, and they’re biting," said Eric Jackson, the deputy director of the Lee County Mosquito Control Division. "It is just a constant effort to knock down as many of those flying, adult mosquitoes as fast as we can."

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A multimillion-dollar war against mosquitoes is underway in Florida after Hurricane Ian (Original Post) sl8 Oct 2022 OP
I thought for sure this would come up but no.. "More Testing needed"... mitch96 Oct 2022 #1
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