13 months ago I thought I would stay high and dry. It almost got me. I hope you stay safe and dry!!!! Been thinking of all our midwesterners. Stay safe all.

Stay dry.

We actually have a 'vector' department in our County. In the spring, when the rainy season is over, they do fly overs and take photos of all 'standing water', then send the offender a note to clean up the water. During the heavy 'foreclosure' period of homes, many swimming pools were left unattended and drew swarms of mosquitos. If the owner did not clean it up, the 'vector' dept. went in a did the job, then billed the owner, bank etc.
At some point, they needed more funds to keep up with the work, so they asked us to vote on an increase in funding. We voted yes and it's worth it. We do not have a problem with mosquitos.

Here is a link that might be useful: Vector (Biology)

Right now, gnats are worse than mosquitos. No doubt I shall soon be muttering about the skeeter population. A house just a few doors up the street was abandoned several years ago when the owner died; his heir didn't keep up with the costs, and eventually left the area. There are extremely complicated legalities which prevented the sale of the house when the owner died. Now it has broken windows, a hole in the roof (actually a room-size section is gone), and a large backyard pond as well as the usual uncleaned gutters and puddly holes in the driveway. My favorite neighbor swears she sees swarms of skeeters migrating from that house downwind to us.

Meldy, I remember the gnats in VA and PA. They are very active when the humidity went up. They sort of stick to your skin, gets in your eyes, ears and just about every exposed part of the body.
I'm not a radical in any sense, but IMO, the only good gnat is a dead gnat.

If only the bats and the martins could reproduce as fast as the skeeters....I am one solid bite. They get me just walking to the car!