Mosquito Season Ahead: How to Stay Protected Against Common Bites and Diseases

Beware: Mosquito season will soon be upon us. Here's what you need to know

The sun is out, temperatures are rising, and the flowers are blooming: Canadians are emerging once again into a beautiful spring and summer season. But as people shed their winter layers, our blood-sucking nemeses — mosquitoes — are also emerging into the warmer weather.

Mosquito Season Ahead: How to Stay Protected against common bites and diseases

The Kern Mosquito Vector and Control District gives tips and tricks on how to stay protected against mosquitoes this upcoming summer. According to the Kern Mosquito and Vector Control District this years mosquito season is expected to be fairly normal. However, experts say there is still the concern of West Nile Virus returning to the county. Terry Knight with the district says, its not an if, but a when and provides tips on how to stay protecte…

The current weather situation leads to the fact that there are so far few mosquitoes in this country. But in summer this can change quickly, experts predict. The Asian tiger mosquito spreads further.

Mosquitoes like it wet and warm. However, there is currently no trace of moisture in many places - and thus mosquitoes are also rarer. However, this can change quickly.

Do you also have comparatively little mosquito bites this spring? This is due to the dryness: the mosquitoes lack the breeding places.

Mosquitoes like it wet and warm. However, there is currently no trace of moisture in many places – and thus mosquitoes are rarer. However, this can change quicklyThe big itching remains so far: according to observers, there are relatively few mosquitoes in this country this spring. "The massive drought causes there to be simply fewer breeding places and thus there are not so many mosquitoes," explains Renke Lühken from the Bernhard Nocht Institu…