A rainy spring isn't entirely good news for drought-plagued Georgia.
Rain leaves standing water.
And scientists say that water is where countless millions of mosquitoes are right now growing from egg to larva to pupa, just waiting to become bloodsucking adults in numbers the state hasn't seen in years. I can already tell they're going to be big this year because they're out there now, and, boy, are they biting. Several years of below-average rainfall helped keep mosquito populations down, said University of Georgia entomologist Elmer Gray. But this year, the state's 60 different mosquito species are back in business with nearly perfect breeding conditions. I think it's fair to say we should expect more mosquitoes in early spring while things are still wet.