Hurricane laura creating perfect storm for mosquitoes

Hurricane laura creating perfect storm for mosquitoes

The aftermath of hurricane laura creating the perfect breading ground for mosquitoes.

The pest are not only irritating but can also carry some nasty illnesses like west nile, zika and heart worms for dogs.news 15s cassie schirm has more.

Cassie tha's right if yo're standing outside for five minutes or less i's 3 not hard to realize that 3 mosquitoes are everywhere.

People are saying the're buying them through their shirt and others are saying their this big big enough to carry you away.

But one thing we do know about these mosquitoes is that the're ready the're here and the're out for blood.i's a category for hurricane was't bad enough now louisiana is getting hit again" i's the swarm after the storm."hundreds of thousands of mosquitoes making south louisiana the're homejessica fredieu, mosquitoe joe"that is with all the flood water the storm surge the rain waters in general that come inland.

And they can hatch as a few as 1 to 3 days so tha's why were really seen an uptick across the board."keeping mini businesses like jessica fredie's mosquitoe joe very busy "we are slammed.

A lot of folks to in the rule areas are saying that they ca't open their doors"her company takes care of the problem they go and look at peoples property and get rid of a nuisance"we actually mix a mosquito cocktail based on what that property needs and we gave a nice solid barrier spray around their homes it repels mosquitoes and illuminates them on contacts."employee"this is definitely one of the worst mosquito problems 've seen.

Like consistently all across-the-board"and this specie mosquito is coming in full force "they are actually strong flyers so they can travel miles in with aiden windspeed they can actually go up to 40 miles inland.

"the big issue the're not only irritating they can also carry nasty illnesses."

West nile zika dog heartworm just to name a few so i's not just our families we need to be worried about i's our for babies as well."nat if you do have to be outside fredieu says do't worry dark colors were repellent and get rid of all standing water around your home to help with the problem."

Hang in there i's not gonna last forever" but if i's too much mosquito joe says they will get you covered.

In lafayette cassie