{"id":2794,"date":"2012-03-22T09:10:26","date_gmt":"2012-03-22T13:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?p=2794"},"modified":"2012-03-22T09:16:28","modified_gmt":"2012-03-22T13:16:28","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":"<p>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ottawasun.com\/author\/marlo-cameron\" rel=\"author\">Marlo Cameron<\/a>,Ottawa Sun<\/p>\n<p>First posted:Tuesday, March 20, 2012 06:21 PM EDT| Updated:Wednesday, March 21, 2012 07:55 AM EDT<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>An early spring could also mean an early end to bug season.<\/p>\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<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<p>\u201cBirds are returning earlier than usual, flowers are in bloom already, and some trees are in flower.\u2019<\/p>\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<p>Along with plants and animals, mosquitoes are making an early appearance this year as well.<\/p>\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<p><\/p>\n<p>For the full article please follow the link:<\/p>\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 An early spring could also mean an early end to bug season. Record breaking temperatures are waking nature from a deep winter slumber, with plants, animals and bugs springing to life early, but almost too soon. 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