Standing water makes a perfect home for mosquitos to breed, and thunderstorms can dump buckets of water in the summer months. Kasey-Dee Gardner finds out if a wet summer will lead to a mosquito boom.
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Standing water makes a perfect home for mosquitos to breed, and thunderstorms can dump buckets of water in the summer months. Kasey-Dee Gardner finds out if a wet summer will lead to a mosquito boom.
Added: Jan 8, 2009
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