PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • July 22, 2023
With plenty of rain in the early summer to help them breed and the arrival of warm and humid weather this week, mosquitoes are out in daunting numbers. And state authorities are urging residents to be on guard. The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention has warned that widespread standing water and increasing heat are ideal conditions for mosquito breeding and biting, and ideal conditions also for the illnesses they transmit, including Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus (EEE), Jamestown Canyon virus and West Nile virus.