{"id":2794,"date":"2012-03-22T09:10:26","date_gmt":"2012-03-22T13:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?p=2794"},"modified":"2026-02-23T15:51:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:51:50","slug":"early-spring-could-bring-skeeters-demise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/2012\/early-spring-could-bring-skeeters-demise\/","title":{"rendered":"Early spring could bring skeeters&#8217; demise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Early spring could bring skeeters&#8217; demise\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ottawasun.com\/author\/marlo-cameron\" rel=\"author\">Marlo Cameron<\/a>,Ottawa Sun<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First posted:Tuesday, March 20, 2012 06:21 PM EDT| Updated:Wednesday, March 21, 2012 07:55 AM EDT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An early spring could also mean an early end to bug season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Record breaking temperatures are waking nature from a deep winter slumber, with plants, animals and bugs springing to life early, but almost too soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRight now a lot of things are extremely early,\u201d said <a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/michael-runtz\">Michael Runtz<\/a>, biology professor at Carleton University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBirds are returning earlier than usual, flowers are in bloom already, and some trees are in flower.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Runtz said trees are budding roughly a month ahead of time, and some animals are coming out of hibernation a few weeks early.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with plants and animals, mosquitoes are making an early appearance this year as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Runtz said that adult female mosquitoes are already out and active but if the warm weather persists, they could meet an untimely end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the full article please follow the link:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ottawasun.com\/2012\/03\/20\/early-spring-could-bring-skeeters'-demise\">http:\/\/www.ottawasun.com\/2012\/03\/20\/early-spring-could-bring-skeeters&#8217;-demise<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Marlo Cameron,Ottawa Sun First posted:Tuesday, March 20, 2012 06:21 PM EDT| Updated:Wednesday, March 21, 2012 07:55 AM EDT &nbsp; An early spring could also mean an early end to bug season. 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