Be ready to be bitten

Some experts are predicting a bumper crop of mosquitoes in Wisconsin this summer. Current weather conditions and the heavy snowfall the last two winters may lead to an increase in the buzzing blood-suckers. “The cool, wet beginning of our June has probably doomed us to a big crop of mosquitoes this year. The warm weather recently has probably speeded their development, but I doubt it’s a big factor in how many there are,” Biology Prof. Michael Draney told a newspaper reporter recently. Read more.