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With a week of steady rain expected, mosquitoes are also expected, along with all of the diseases they carry and spread.The problem starts with the puddles where mosquitoes breed and spread. Source: WPEC

A raccoon was found in the Cincinnati Reds bullpen at Dodger Stadium on Sunday afternoon, prompting a call to animal control. Source: r20.rs6.net

The New Orleans Advocate reported Saturday that termites are sheltered from the cold by living beneath the soil and inside of trees and houses. Source: WWL

Imagine this: A tiny parasitic pest that is hard to See, can live for weeks without feeding and when it does eat, your blood is the meal.We’re talking bed bugs here. Source: KOMO

STATEWIDE (BDN) — Marching across the floor, up the wall and across the counter, ants search for bits of food. Source: WGME

With the arrival of warmer weather, local residents will be spending more time outside and that means exposure to ticks and mosquitoes which can carry harmful diseases. Source: Mount Vernon News

OKLAHOMA CITY – A metro woman is allergic to meat after she was bitten by a tick and nearly died.   Source: KFOR.com

Two MA counties account for the top five highest rates across the country – including No. 1 – and two more are in the top 100. Source: Martha’s Vineyard, MA Patch

PORTLAND (AP) Researchers say Maine’s long, harsh winter appears to have little impact on the kind of ticks that carry Lyme disease. Source: WGME

Some parts of the forests may be tick magnets but the little suckers are pretty much everywhere Source: Popular Science