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Expert: Michigan mosquitoes 3x normal numbers this year

WKAR Public Media
Published June 30, 2014 at 11:34 AM EDT
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If you live in Michigan it seems like every summer is a time to complain about the mosquitoes being really bad this year, but how bad are they, really?Current State talked with Dr. Ned Walker about this year’s mosquito crop and some of the issues connected to mosquito-borne illness. He’s a professor in MSU’s Department of Entomology and the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics.
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