Mosquitoes are generally pesky enough, much less the thought of hoards of giant man-eating mosquitoes invading South Dakota. And while man-eating is probably stretching things a bit, reports of larger than life mosquitoes have been taken in the Huron and Brookings area. Jim Wilson is an Extension Pesticide Coordinator at South Dakota State University and says traps are confirming the presence of the elephant mosquito…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2010/08/bigbug1.mp3|titles=bigbug1]Wilson says the elephant mosquito are not common…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2010/08/bigbug2.mp3|titles=bigbug2]They may look threatining but elephant mosquitoes are not likely to carry West Nile…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2010/08/bigbug3.mp3|titles=bigbug3]Wilson believes the large skeeters are simply following their food…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2010/08/bigbug4.mp3|titles=bigbug4]The West Nile transporting Tarsalis mosquitos will have a white band around the middle of their snout when held up to a light source