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People from Greenpoint to Bay Ridge have been complaining about “being eaten alive” by mosquitoes this summer - but it’s not just the normal seasonal whining: the population of a particularly insidious blood-sucker has doubled this summer alone.
After getting sporadic, unconfirmed and altogether unscientific reports that there has been a huge uptick in skeeters this summer, I called the Health Department to find out if my neighbors and I were just going mad or if we really become human blood banks. Confirmed: We are insect food.
The Asian tiger mosquito - a species once entirely unknown to America - is showing up in record numbers in Health Department testing sites all over the borough.
And unlike normal, relatively slow and less aggressive breeds, this ornery beast is ruining barbecues, turning restaurant gardens into feedlots (for the bug, that is) and, yes, biting my son in so many places that he looks like a pincushion.
Find out more about how Abell can help you with mosquito problems or read the full article.
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