Lucky for us, the pesky bugs that bite, are few and far between.
"We are seeing low numbers, fairly low numbers yet."
The drought has kept mosquitoes away from Nebraska.
"We do not chase adult mosquitoes we try to kill mosquito larvae when they're in the water."
Reid Steinkrauss is a mosquito expert who works for the Douglas County Health Department. He says the mosquitoes that carry the deadly West Nile virus usually lay eggs in standing water, but this summer there isn't any.
"So I think the dryness, the no rain has driven them to a different habitat to lay eggs."
This year we've only seen 3 human cases in the entire state, a low number compared to a decade ago when we saw 174.
But just because we aren't getting bitten, doesn't mean the deadly disease isn't out there.
The county set up 6 mosquito traps across Omaha to catch, and test the bugs for West Nile.
"We've had 3 groups that were tested, that tested positive. 2 came from Lake Zorinski 1 came from boys town."
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