North Texas is bracing for a busy mosquito season, but all the heavy rain may hold it off for a while.
"With the warmer temperatures earlier this spring and all the rain that we're getting early, it could make for an interesting mosquito season" says Patrick Prather, president of Municipal Mosquito.
Even small puddles of stagnant water can become breeding grounds for mosquitoes that can carry West Nile or Chikungunya, but heavy rains can wash them away.
"Once the rains stop, and once we quite getting those intermittent showers, then yes, it leads to problems where these pools will remain stagnant for a period of time and this creates an area for these mosquitoes to develop" says Prather.
City workers in The Colony carry mosquito dunks to treat pools of stagnant water, and encourage residents to take action themselves.
"The most important thing is that they are looking for areas in their own backyards that are holding water, that they are draining those areas or they are treating those areas" says The Colony's Pam Nelson.
The city checks for signs of mosquitoes year-round, and will begin trapping and spraying if needed in May.
