Spring is going to be a bad mozzie season: entomologist

(Climate change and the differences that frequently manifest conditions favourable to many pests and viruses, in this case, mosquitos – Robert McLean)

Wet and warm weather makes perfect
breeding conditions for mosquitoes.

Melburnians have been complaining of an increased mosquito presence, saying the pesky insects have been swarming into suburban backyards and hovering around car windscreens, particularly in the bay areas.

This comes as no surprise given the recent heavy rainfall followed by high temperatures, which make for perfect mosquito breeding conditions.

Victoria has had the second wettest September on record in Victoria since 1916.

Museum Victoria's Ken Walker is an entomologist – a specialist in the study of insects.

He said the recent wet weather had created a perfect conditions for mosquitos to breed.

Read the story in the Melbourne Age - “Spring is going to be a bad mozzie season: entomologist.”