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By Naomi Smoot-Kimble
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
With days growing colder it is easy to assume that there is no longer a need for protection from mosquitoes and the potentially deadly illnesses which they carry. This simply is not true though
While mosquitoes are typically associated with hot summer nights their season lasts into October and according to Rappahannock Extension Agent Kenner Love their numbers are highest at the end of the season. They will not begin to die off until the season’s first frost.
The problem is compounded by this year’s heavy rains and the fact that even a simple dog bowl is a potential breading ground for the tiny predators. Eliminating standing water on one’s own property may not be enough to keep them away either as the insects can fly distances of up to one mile. Love said.
Even more worrisome, according to Suzanne Jenkins assistant state epidemiologist for the Virginia
See MOSQUITO, Page A2
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