Y’all why does no one talk about the bug problems in Idaho? The mosquitoes right now are terrible! This is top of mind for me I guess because I recently...
You love those long summer nights by the pool, at the lake, sipping wine on a patio by the Greenbelt…until the next morning when you wake up in a fit of itchiness.
That's not a plane filled with Idahoans heading out on vacation. That's a plane dropping an application to control adult mosquitoes and head off the West Nile Virus.
Mosquitoes love moisture, and the Treasure Valley has plenty of it right now. As the Boise River flooding subsides, West Nile could be the big new worry.
Soon the weather will warm up and we'll move this party outside, and we'll be camping and fishing and playing golf. With the bugs.
Mosquitoes aren't a huge problem in Idaho, but if you run across them there are many repellents that won't work. Here's the heads up for your camping trip.