Outdoors

Cottage Q&A: The reason behind late-season mosquitoes

If you’re seeing more mosquitoes and other bugs in cottage country through the fall, you’re not alone. The weather might be to blame for this pesky phenomenon. We spoke to entomologists at the University of Guelph to find out more about this apparent trend and here’s what they had to say.

Research and writing by Jackie Davis

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