Mosquitoes are bad this year (Syracuse, Clay: house, neighborhood, airport)

[bellafinzi]

Is it just me or has anyone else noticed how bad the mosquitoes are this year?

This past week is the worst it's been since the rainy summer of 2005.

If my memory serves me well.... 2006, 2007 and 2008 were all very dry in Syracuse.....at least in my part of town. All those years had at least a few weeks when the lawns faded to brown in my neighborhood. So I almost forgot how it is to have so many pesky mosquitoes on the attack even during the day.

There is no way I received over 2 inches of rain..... as the airport reported. But it has been a rainy week nonetheless compared to what we had for three and half years. Looks like this rainy pattern is sticking around. Good news for my garden, but bad news when it comes to those mosquitoes.

[phaelon56]

I'm in the Bradford Hills area - very close to the Dewitt town line. This is my fourth summer in the house and the mosquitoes have never been much of an issue but in contrast to your situation are even less of an issue this year. I attribute it to cool nighttime temps and decent breezes.

[Summering]

I was in Greene, NY and its not the mosquitos that got to us it was the flies........
There was an awful lot of them at the lake. I am not sure if that is always the case.

[bellafinzi]

Originally Posted by Summering

I was in Greene, NY and its not the mosquitos that got to us it was the flies........
There was an awful lot of them at the lake. I am not sure if that is always the case.

For some reason there are not many flies in the northern suburbs of Syracuse. I barely even see flies anymore. I remember growing up when flies used to enter our house. I haven't used a fly swatter for a fly in years.

phaelon56, you're right, it has been a very cool spring. I even found out today that one of my plants had rotted due to the lack of warmth in the past two months. Without the heat to warm the soil, some plants delayed growth which can lead to rot.

It probably doesn't help that I'm surrounded by lakes, swamps and marshes.
-The Clay marsh is only a couple miles to north.
-The Cicero Swamp is about 5 miles to east.
-Onondaga Lake is about 3 miles to the southwest
-Oneida Lake is about 5 miles to the northeast
-The Seneca River about 5 miles to the west

[bellafinzi]

Oh, and it doesn't help that a neighbor has had a junk pile sitting next to her shed all spring!