DALLAS — Surprise, surprise: We have a lot of mosquitoes around here.
North Texas is entering that time of year when those pesky, biting bugs start buzzing. And if you've spent at least one summer here, you won't find this shocking: Dallas-Fort Worth ranks third in the U.S. in a new study on mosquito-infested cities.
That's according to the bug control company Terminix, which pulled from its own service data from last year.
Los Angeles topped the list, followed by New York City. Atlanta checked in at fourth behind North Texas, followed by Philadelphia, Washington, Houston, Tampa, Orlando and San Francisco.
Yes, we even have more mosquitoes than Houston ... according to Terminix.
Texas ranked second in the state rankings, behind California.
Trying to avoid the itch? Maine topped the rankings as the least-infested mosquito state, followed by Idaho, Iowa, Nevada and Nebraska.
Here's the full top 50 cities:
- Los Angeles, CA
- New York, NY
- Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX
- Atlanta, GA
- Philadelphia, PA
- Washington, DC (Hagerstown, MD)
- Houston, TX
- Tampa-St Pete, FL
- Orlando-Daytona, FL
- San Francisco, CA
- Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Palm Springs, CA
- Memphis, TN
- Baltimore, MD
- San Antonio, TX
- Nashville, TN
- Sacramento, CA
- Boston, MA
- Mobile, AL - Pensacola, FL
- San Diego, CA
- Detroit, MI
- Little Rock, AR
- Chicago, IL
- Indianapolis, IN
- Jacksonville, FL
- Denver, CO
- Fresno-Visalia, CA
- West Palm Beach, FL
- Cincinnati, OH
- Austin, TX
- Oklahoma City, OK
- Louisville, KY
- Cleveland-Akron, OH
- Tyler-Longview, TX
- Bakersfield, CA
- Columbus, OH
- Honolulu, HI
- Shreveport, LA
- St. Louis, MO
- Jackson, MS
- Richmond-Petersburg, VA
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Paducah, KY-Cape Girardeau, MO-Harrisburg, IL
- Kansas City, MO
- Birmingham, AL
- Ft. Myers-Naples, FL
- Baton Rouge, LA
- Waco-Temple-Bryan, TX
- Seattle-Tacoma, WA
- Tallahassee, FL
