I’d amend that to say: the whole state of California isn’t a mosquito infested swamp like Florida is, but there are still plenty of mosquitoes in certain parts of California.
california doesnt seem to have an endemic mosquito borne disease problem, florida does though.
I’m not American so excuse my ignorance, but I was under the impression that Florida was full of swamps and low lying (fresh-ish) water whereas California was significantly drier, with most water in rivers.
The former is an ideal breeding ground for mosquitos (still or stagnant fresh or brackish water), whereas running water and oceans are extremely poor for mosquito breeding.
Seems pretty clear why Florida (and Mississipi etc) have a bigger mosquito problem to me - what am I missing ?
You are quite correct in your current impression of the state differences. My backyard in my previous Florida home bordered on a protected watershed area. I referred to it as Dagobah, and you essentially couldn’t go in the backyard for a good part of the year without getting swarmed.
california doesnt seem to have an endemic mosquito borne disease problem, florida does though.
I’d amend that to say: the whole state of California isn’t a mosquito infested swamp like Florida is, but there are still plenty of mosquitoes in certain parts of California.
We have west nile and many others. Its very bad. Theres a metric ton of them bugs here.
Source: i live here.
I’m not American so excuse my ignorance, but I was under the impression that Florida was full of swamps and low lying (fresh-ish) water whereas California was significantly drier, with most water in rivers.
The former is an ideal breeding ground for mosquitos (still or stagnant fresh or brackish water), whereas running water and oceans are extremely poor for mosquito breeding.
Seems pretty clear why Florida (and Mississipi etc) have a bigger mosquito problem to me - what am I missing ?
You are quite correct in your current impression of the state differences. My backyard in my previous Florida home bordered on a protected watershed area. I referred to it as Dagobah, and you essentially couldn’t go in the backyard for a good part of the year without getting swarmed.