CHICAGO (AP) -- In the wake of the recent Midwestern flooding, a horde of mosquitoes are pestering clean-up crews and just about anyone venturing outside in the waterlogged area.

In some parts of Iowa there are 20 times the normal number, and in Chicago up to five times more than usual.

The good news is that they are mostly floodwater mosquitoes, not the kind that usually carry West Nile virus and other diseases. But they are very hungry, and sometimes attack in swarms with a stinging bite.

Heavy rain followed by high temperatures creates ideal conditions for such mopsquitoes, whose eggs hatch in the soil after heavy rains.

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