Mosquitoes in the Rain - The Hardwick Gazette

Mosquitoes in the Rain - The Hardwick Gazette

WATERBURY – If you’re a mosquito and it’s a warm spring afternoon, you’re out cruising the air currents on your tiny wings. But as you buzz around, the sun warming your exoskeleton, the clouds roll in, heralding a spring shower. Balls of water up to 50 times heavier than your body begin plummeting out of the sky. You’re too slow to evade the giant drops; it’s only a matter of time before one will hit you. Mosquito For tiny flying insects, such …