Mosquito control begins for 2016

With increased moisture this winter and spring, there is room for more small stagnant ponds that can hold water for mosquito larva to grow to adult mosquitoes.

The Adams County Mosquito Control District will begin its surveillance for mosquito larva the week of March 16.

They are asking citizens to check around their homes and buildings for containers that can hold water and dump the water out.

It does not have to be deep, just a quarter of an inch is enough to support mosquito larva.

As the weather warms up there will be some adult mosquitoes that will come out of hibernation that have over w...