Tampa exterminators have been receiving thousands of calls about mosquitoes in past summer months, a common phenomenon in the state, but one that has been increasing in recent years. Pest control services in Tampa and throughout Florida search for pockets of standing water where mosquitoes breed, and if larvae are found, crews spread a chemical to wipe them out before they grow into full-blown pests. Additionally, the region has established mosquito control districts, in which pest control services mount both ground and air attacks, spraying pesticides from trucks and out of helicopters over thousands of acres of land in an attempt to rid the area of the pesky, blood-sucking, disease-carrying bugs.