Summer fertilizer ban working well in Manatee, official says Manatee County’s effort to limit fertilizers that pollute local waters during the summer rainy season has been “very successful,” a county official said Tuesday.
June 11, 2013 - Bradenton Herald
'Bloodsucking vampire' mosquitoes set to haunt Florida Brace yourself Florida, there is a “vampire” in your midst -- and this one is not afraid of the sun. The giant psorophora ciliata mosquito, which is colloquially known as the gallinipper and is 20 times the size of your average mosquito, is set to plague south and central Florida this summer as the rainy season begins. While these monsters don’t carry diseases, their intense bite can feel like a ...
June 11, 2013 - MSNBC