[Opinion] Minnesota Opinion: Brace now for a skeeter-slapping Minnesota summer

Minnesota Opinion: Brace now for a skeeter-slapping Minnesota summer

As gut-wrenching as it was to learn last month that a tiny, tree-defoliating caterpillar helped fuel the devastating Jenkins Creek and Camp House wildfires in northeastern Minnesota this spring, the news about summer pests is only growing worse. An “invasion” of pests can be expected across Minnesota and Wisconsin this summer, the result of our milder-than-normal winter, according to one expert. An abundance of mosquitoes, ants, ticks, and even …