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Midges plague lakeside dwellers
Author
Robert M. BoardmanAuthor Affiliations
Robert M. Boardman is Communications Specialist, Pest and Disease Management, University of California, Riverside.Publication Information
Hilgardia 31(4):12-13. DOI:10.3733/ca.v031n04p12. April 1977.
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Abstract
A new phenomenon in California home ownership has led to an emerging problem of pestiferous insects: City dwellers moving into new housing developments built around man-made recreational lakes have been met with swarms of chironomid midges.
Boardman R. 1977. Midges plague lakeside dwellers. Hilgardia 31(4):12-13. DOI:10.3733/ca.v031n04p12
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