Two things make living in Southwest Florida possible: air conditioning and mosquito control. Collier County’s tropical climate and proximity to the Everglades create a haven for mosquitoes to breed in ...

Collier County has been abuzz with new mosquito species in recent years, and a grad student lab tech just raised the count to 51 by identifying three trapped female Aedeomyia squamipennis. And by new ...

The Collier Mosquito Control District is expanding to different areas, and new tools are being used to keep the mosquito population under control as more standing water remains following Hurricane ...

'The worst salt marsh mosquito season in nearly a decade.' That is how the Collier Mosquito Control District has described the past few months. With mosquitoes buzzing in full force this season, ...

A well-known name has returned to the Collier Mosquito Control District board. David Farmer was sworn into office June 30. Farmer served on the mosquito district board from 2010 through 2020 and spent ...

Florida mosquito control teams have had their hands full this season in part due to a population explosion all over the state, as well as an uptick in locally acquired cases of dengue, a ...

Heavy rains and high tides have opened the door for a mosquito boom along the Southwest Florida coast. Both saltmarsh and freshwater species are being found in Lee and Collier counties, meaning that ...

They're considered to be the deadliest creature on Earth, and there are few places on the planet where they are more common than Southwest Florida. Mosquito season runs from March through October, ...

MIAMI (AP) — Florida mosquito control officials worry they won't be able to keep up their efforts to contain the bugs that carry Zika without federal funding, even as concern mounts that the first ...