Some people around the Sacramento area say they have been getting eaten alive by mosquitoes this November.

Jake Hartle, deputy general manager with the Placer County Vector Control District, said the weather is to blame for the boom in mosquitoes.

Rain in October, followed by warmer temperatures, created standing water where mosquitoes could breed. Plus, the rain caused invasive mosquitoes to develop in people's backyards. Hartle said these types of mosquitoes thrive in just a bottle cap's worth of water.

Then, agricultural mosquitoes move into urban areas to hide out for the winter while crops are picked.

"Really, there are all kinds of conditions right now for maybe two or three different types of species to be able to provide this biting pressure," Hartle said.

Hartle's work is foc

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