John Wheeler: Mosquitoes are coming, but not like in the past

FARGO — May has been wet and shallow puddles are everywhere throughout the Red River Valley and all of them are perfect for mosquito breeding. Back in the early 1990s, when mosquito control was given only a relatively minor effort, summer life in the Valley was made miserable by hordes of mosquitoes. Mosquito trap counts were frequently double, and occasionally four times higher than any count in recent years. The change in attitude regarding mosquito control came in the early 2000s when the West Nile Virus first appeared and mosquitoes...