MADISON (WKOW) — Mosquito season has officially begun in Wisconsin, and this past month’s flooding hasn’t helped keep the bugs at bay.
Flood water is a mosquito’s paradise, and entomologists say right now, you can stand outside and get bitten 40 to 50 times in under a minute. They say the heavy rain we got two weeks ago caused a massive mosquito hatch. And, the standing flood water that remains doesn’t help.
But, entomologists say record flooding does not necessarily mean record mosquitos. In fact, UW entomologist Dr. Phillip Pellitteri says there were actually fewer mosquitoes in the past three or four years.