Mosquito population surges, record rainfall deters solutions

Stock up on spray, Mesa County is abuzz with mosquitoes. There are more than five times the average population of the pesky flying insects than the levels from 2018 to 2023. According to Grand River Mosquito Control District Manager Tim Moore, the current mosquito activity is largely because of the region’s recent, abnormally windy and rainy weather. Moore said the mosquito species they have seen the most do not spread the West Nile Virus — the species that does, the Culex, only starts to populate in July. Regardless, the abundance...