If you've spent any time outside recently, especially in northern Utah, chances are you have a few mosquito bites to show it.
Utah's recent rainstorms have left a lot of standing water for mosquito larvae to hatch. Even though mosquito abatement crews have been working almost nonstop to spray, the next week could be rough."We have received more phone calls in the last day or two than we generally receive in a year," Tyson Packer said. "And we will get out to them."
All those phone calls are from people asking if the abatement team could do a little extra spraying near their homes and property. after spending the past week in the larvae stage. " Then they've moved into town and they've moved actually a lot faster than we thought they would," he said.Many northern Utah counties, like Davis County, are seeing more mosquitoes this summer as well because of all the extra water.
"It is temporary," Packer said. "Like I said, we'll have it under control in a few days up to a week, until we get the next rainstorm that drops 6 inches of rain."
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