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Published June 24, 2010, 11:36 PM

OUTDOORS: Mosquitoes, by comparison, aren’t all that bad

WORTHINGTON — As the summer progresses, we can all look forward to the pleasures of mosquitoes, ticks and other insects that like to dine on the exposed skin of humans. As mosquitoes go, I think there have been a lot less of them in the past few years. I cannot explain it, but one of the non-scientific hypotheses is that with all of the aerial spraying now done every year to combat soybean aphids, it’s having a killing effect on mosquitoes as well.

By: Scott Rall, Worthington Daily Globe

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