Last week’s thundershowers dumped more than five inches of rain in some parts of Lee County.

Shelly Redovan with Lee County Mosquito Control said the combination of standing water, the approaching full moon and resulting high tide could bring the season’s first onslaught of the stinging pests. 

“We don’t have a lot of wind driving it in so we’re not so sure we’re going to see a lot,” she said. “There will be some areas where the water will come and the water will come in and they will hatch into larvae and we expect to be treating this tide maybe starting over the weekend, but next week for sure.”

Redovan urges homeowners to take steps to eliminate standing water from their yards. 

The Lee County Mosquito Control District is one of the largest operations of its kind in the country.  During the wet summer months it employs about 95 people all engaged in aspects of battling the areas many varieties of mosquitoes.