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North Carolina was hit by Hurricane Florence. The Tar Heel State has been subjected to constant rains, floods and now. . . an aggressive swarm of mosquitoes.
Hurricane Florence was overrun by "big aggressive mosquitoes almost three times larger than ordinary mosquitoes," reports CBS News. One resident, Robert Phillips, even described the scene as a "bad sci-fi film".
According to Michael Reiskind, professor of entomology at North Carolina State University, the Florence water must be thanked. The rains hatched eggs from a mosquito species called Psorophora ciliata. These particular mosquitoes, also known as "gallinippers", do not shake the fingers. . . you are going to want something bigger.
They are known for their aggressive behavior and painful bites and often lay in low-lying wetlands. Eggs will remain dormant in dry weather until heavy rain brings in sufficient water to hatch. Reiskind was quoted as saying that the state has 61 mosquito species and that "when the floods occur, we get a lot, several billion".
The good news in this nightmare is that mosquitoes do not transmit many diseases.
Governor Roy Cooper has already taken action by ordering $ 4 million in mosquito control efforts, his office said earlier this week in a press release.
The funding has made efforts for Thursday.
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