TAMPA, Fla. - They’re annoying, they can carry diseases and right now is the time we start to see and feel more mosquitos coming out.

In Sarasota County, mosquito management has already been working to try and reduce populations before they hatch.

Why you should care:

Summer is here and if you’ve felt a bite recently, it could be from a salt marsh mosquito.

"These can be very aggressive mosquitoes and our staff is being very diligent to minimizing those risks to all the citizens of Sarasota County," said Wade Brennan.

Wade Brennan is the Manager of Sarasota County Mosquito Management.

He said with recent rains and high tides, salt marsh mosquitos are moving out of brackish areas.

"We start seeing those 2.5-foot-high tides or greater, that will flow different areas and they are ver

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