I admit to having a minor phobia about blood-sucking insects and arachnids. I empathize with volunteers enlisted to drag sheets through fields to gather specimens in the pursuit of scientific research. As kids, my friends and I used to push our bikes across a dewy meadow at dusk and sneak into adjacent woods to watch Read more →
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Tag: Mosquitoes

Is it too early to start thinking about what life will be like when all the mosquitoes hatch after 20 inches of rain? Read more →

Say what you want about it being -25 in January, but at least there are no mosquitoes.
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