While bugs do not tend to be highest on anyone's list of favorites, they may need to be bumped up just because they will be around for much longer than we are used to. Fall, the transition time of cold weather, green to orange, and the insane influx of pumpkin flavored things is starting to change. This year it was much warmer for much longer. While some may have enjoyed that, so did the insects that usually die off. Yep, your favorite ones also enjoyed this weather change: mosquitoes, ticks, and chiggers, our favorite little pests.
Climate change has caused the United States to experience wave after wave of abnormally hot, un-fall like temperatures. And because of this the National Pest Management Association says that they aren't budging, making them our pals for longer. Below is a regional breakdown of where pests will be throughout the fall created by the National Pest Management Association.
This was done by looking at the temperatures of the preceding season and the amount of rainfall, coupling that with the best prediction based on weather reports about what the next season will hold. A warmer summer followed by a warm fall means more bugs. This is because fewer of them died, meaning they had even more time to make more babies, increasing their numbers. Warmer temperatures are extending breeding seasons way longer than most of us like.
Events like Hurricane Harvey also extended these breeding habits, as the rain left behind created optimal breeding grounds for mosquitoes.
Original article by: Kendra Pierre-Louis found here: https://www.popsci.com/autumn-bugs
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