Iowa has ‘above average’ mosquito populations likely due to heavy summer rains

Ryan Smith, an associate professor at ISU and director of the Iowa Mosquito Surveillance, said there are more “nuisance” mosquitoes, or the type that like to bite an exposed ankle at an evening barbecue, persisting into the beginning of fall because of the heavy rainfall Iowa saw in July.

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