If it’s summer on the Sun Coast, it must be mosquito season. Sure enough, recent rains have created many new areas of standing water in which mosquitoes are breeding. Sarasota County Mosquito Management has trucks in the field and expects to do aerial spraying before long as the mosquito population rises. Experts remind you to wear light clothing, especially if you’re outside around sundown, and if you have a mosquito problem, call Mosquito Management. Instances of the mosquito-borne West Nile Virus reportedly already showing up area chicken flocks.
