e’ll be in the air by 0630, chasing a pair of helicopters into the rising sun, each loaded with larvicide, each intent
on keeping this patch of Florida welcoming to humans by keeping it free of mosquitoes.
The scene plays out regularly across the state throughout most of the year. Helicopter crews might start before the sun, as we did this day, or they might launch at dusk and fl y past midnight. They’ll go up against the pests as much as needed, when needed, their routes precisely planned and fl own, in a never-ending battle of good versus bug.
