Serving Southeastern Minnesota

Serving the Rochester and Southeastern Minnesota area since 2010.

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Not-So-Fun Fact #1: Mosquito Math

Mosquitoes can breed anywhere there's standing water for a week after a rainfall -- even a hoofprint in the mud can host hundreds of eggs! And, since they hatch in 1-5 days, the eggs that a mosquito lays will all too quickly be laying more of their own! Assuming all potential eggs survive, those eggs will turn exponentially into more than 1.3 billion mosquitoes by the end of the month. Yikes!

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