The swarms of summer.

MOSQUITO control; DIPTERA; MOSQUITOES; INSECT pest control; INSECT baits & repellents; BIOLOGICAL control of insects; INSECT migration

FLORIDAReport Available; UNITED StatesReport Available

Discusses the black salt-marsh mosquito of Florida and how the state has learned to control the species. Observations from Jim Haeger for the Florida Entomological Research Center in 1955; Migratory nature of the species; Consideration of districts which are mosquito-controlled; Why the species is so difficult to control; How far and fast the swarms of adults travel.