Mosquitoes are already biting in southeast Louisiana because of the recent warmer weather this winter. Source: WDSU
Mosquitoes may be living and breeding inside your homes (via WFTS)
Not only do you have to worry about mosquitoes outside your home, but you should also be prepared to stop them from breeding inside your home. Source: WFTS
Raccoon disease on the rise in Long Beach (via stltoday.com)
If you’re a pet owner in Long Beach, you may want to keep an extra eye out when letting your animal outside. Source: stltoday.com
How to control seasonal beetles and stink bugs as they come out of dormancy (via Knoxville News Sentinel)
Pesticides and all-natural remedies can be used to help eradicate spring bug problem Source: Knoxville News Sentinel
City finally takes action at rat-infested shelter after Post expose (via New York Post)
The rodent infestation inside a notorious Brooklyn men’s shelter has abated after the repair of a broken trash compactor thanks to The Post’s coverage. Source: New York Post
Man says bed bugs were infesting Sherman motel room (via Kristen Weaver)
A Texoma man said he stayed at the Crossroads Inn Motel in Sherman Tuesday night and was bitten by several bed bugs that he found and recorded crawling around his sheets and pillow. Source: Kristen Weaver
SUNY ESF expert: Warm, mid-winter temps spurs blood-questing ticks (via NewYorkUpstate.com)
“These are the ticks that are more likely to be carrying spirochete (the bacteria that causes Lyme disease),” Adams said. Source: NewYorkUpstate.com
N.J. scientists hope they stopped a tick invasion. But Spring will tell. (via NJ.com)
N.J. scientists hope that an invasive Asian tick species was frozen out by the cold Garden State winter. But they worry about what could happen if it reappears this spring. Source: NJ.com
Tinkering with ticks genes could help prevent Lyme disease (via r20.rs6.net)
A $407,000 grant from the National Institute of Health will help fund research to create the first transgenic ticks, which will contribute to the fight against tick-borne diseases. Source: r20.rs6.net
Advocates push to pass Maryland bill that helps those suffering from Lyme disease (via WMAR)
The Maryland Senate Finance Committee heard from both supporters and those opposed to a bill guaranteeing insurance coverage for chronic Lyme disease. Source: WMAR
