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Mosquito Season Is Here

By: Amy Montalvo
Updated: April 23, 2008
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The forecasted rain and warm weather will likely create a good breeding ground for the start of mosquito season and that means folks will be watching for West Nile virus. Researchers at the Texas Tech Institute of Environmental and Human Health tell us theyre already hanging mosquito traps and testing the insects for the virus. Lubbocks health department is also looking for mosquitos and treating any standing water where they find them.

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