Delta will suffer an eruption of insects this summer, according to local environmental experts. They are warning us that the sheer volume of bees, hornets, wasps, ants, mosquitoes, spiders and leather jackets will be unprecedented this year because our weather. The mild winter – temperatures were higher than normal and a hot dry spring has meant that this year’s yield of bugs had been off-set and is arriving late, mostly because they were not killed off by a late frost. So after the driest May in history and latest rain hitting us (May 1.6 cm and so far in June 13.4cm) there will be a detonation of bugs. This also means that we will see record numbers of wasps, hornets and bees. It is going to be a record setting summer for the stinging insects. Because we’ve had such a beautiful warm spring this has meant that the hornets and wasp nests are now growing very quickly, in spite of being a late start. As the temperatures become warmer, the nests will begin to grow rapidly with plenty of food available and the number of wasps wills explode. There will be a large number of crane flies this summer as millions of leather jackets, the larvae of crane fly, have been identified in soil throughout Delta. Mosquitoes will also be causing chaos at all outdoor activities in Delta as reports indicate this will be one of the worst years in history. The spring’s hot weather has caused an early outbreak of mosquitoes in Delta, as well as, there was a delay in them starting and the hot May and recent wet weather conditions have brought them out.
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http://www.delta-optimist.com/opinion/blogs/blog-this-summer-will-be-a-bumper-crop-of-bugs-1.23333188