Mosquitos come out of the woodwork

Following a schedule of its own, a pesky — and potentially dangerous — insect is making its annual debut in the area days ahead of its own awareness week.

June 22-28 is National Mosquito Control Awareness Week, but north-central Montanans have been noticing the blood-sucking pest out en masse early this week and last.

Terry Turner, supervisor of the Hill County Mosquito District, said 2104 looks to be a year especially heavy with mosquitoes, with water providing potential breeding sites everywhere.

The American Mosquito Control Association during Mosquito Control Awareness Week — a...