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By the same argument, any eggs laid this year should be above next year’s high water mark. At least in theory, next year’s mosquito infestation shouldn’t be as bad.

And once those rains came, they've all decided to emerge at the same time." Matthews said eggs hatch into larvae, which look like small worms, and take about 10 days to turn into adult mosquitoes.

During the study, ovillantas captured and destroyed 181,336 mosquito eggs, compared with 27,053 eggs eliminated by the more conventional traps, according to the study.