$@&%#ing Mosquitoes

I don’t know if there is a precedent for a mammal teaching something to an amphibian (Donald Trump’s college education notwithstanding) but if it can happen, it needs to happen now.
Here in Marked Tree, Arkansas, post storms, the mosquitoes have taken over. As seemingly every acre of land had standing water on it, and the river that winds through this very pretty little town is high, and brown and dank, the clouds of mosquitoes are dense as fog and at a plague level.
I know. I camped next to it last night. I thought my tinnitus was bad? The soundtrack to my evening was a buzzing that didn’t stop, even in my sleep. Recommended: Coleman non-DEET bug spray. Worked a miracle last night.
Nature is supposed to work this way: there is a reason for everything. If that is true, then someone please tell me the reason for mosquitoes. The only reason I can think of is that they keep the frogs fed. Now, if that is true, then why are there a gajillion mosquitoes still buzzing around my head?? There simply are not enough frogs. We need more frogs, and we need them NOW. So what to do?
An old Woody Guthrie story that he used to tell his son Arlo…..
Two rabbits, a boy rabbit and a girl rabbit, were foraging around in the forest for clover and stuff to eat. In the distance they heard the faint barking of hound dogs, and became a little bit alarmed, but continued foraging. As the barking got closer they began to get more concerned and looked for a safe place to hide. Just as the pack of dogs was upon them, they ducked into a hollow log, and the dogs surrounded them on both ends, but could not get in.
“What are we going to do?” cried the girl bunny…”There is no escape for us.”
The boy bunny smiled and winked at her. “It’s okay”, he said. We’ll just stay here until we outnumber ‘em.”
Attention frogs! We have a bumper crop of mosquitoes this year! Learn from the bunnies. GET BUSY!