mosquito

Do Bug Zappers Work?
Do Bug Zappers Work?
The mosquitoes are terrible right now, you can't be outside for more than a couple of minutes before a swarm of the pesky bugs start digging into your flesh trying to get at that yummy blood of yours. I've been thinking about deploying a bug zapper in by backyard to battle the pests, but do they work?
First Confirmed Case of West Nile Virus of 2012 Appears in St. Louis County
First Confirmed Case of West Nile Virus of 2012 Appears in St. Louis County
After an incredibly wet spring and subsequent heat wave, conditions are ripe for a bumper mosquito crop in 2012. This has health officials worried that there will be an uptick in mosquito-transmitted diseases like West Nile Virus. The first case of this virus has just popped up in St. Louis County, beginning what could be a busy season.