A perfect swarm: Wet spring, no frost make ideal conditions for mosquito boom
If you feel like you've been shooing, swatting and scratching more often this spring, you aren't crazy. According to one expert, the Ottawa area has seen the perfect conditions for an absolute onslaught of mosquitos.
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![Close-up of a mosquito sucking blood; Shutterstock ID 147553115; Cost Ctr: 9688225; Manager: b; Email: brenda.carroll@cbc.ca; Project: archive A mosquito appears in close-up. It appears to be on someone's skin.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.6945182.1692992794!/cumulusImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/shutterstock-medium-file.jpg)
If you feel like you've been shooing, swatting and scratching more often this spring, you aren't crazy. According to one expert, the Ottawa area has seen the perfect conditions for an absolute onslaught of mosquitos.