It's been a rainy June, and with all that precipitation, biologists says mosquitoes will be arriving in full force any day now.

While that rain has helped farmers crops and your garden, a biologist we talked to Tuesday said we should all prepare ourselves for a mosquito laden July.

There's nothing like a stroll through a park or a relaxing evening after a long day on the water, but the shade and nighttime are when mosquitoes come out to bite.

“We haven't had a real wet June or July for a while now so I’m thinking we’re gonna have a lot of insects, a lot of mosquitoes out flying around,” Kelly Murray, a biologist lecturer at UW-Eau Claire says.

Murray says the wet weather Western Wisconsin has received over the past few weeks has created perfect conditions for mosquitoes to breed and for dormant eggs, to hatch.

“They can be in the soil as eggs for several years that just lay dormant, and then when it floods, you can get hundreds within that square foot of soil emerging per day, as long as it’s wet,” Murray explains.

Which means everyone needs to pull out their mosquito repellent.

“You should use mosquito repellant all the time, it only takes one mosquito to transmit mosquito born illnesses,” Cindy Chapek, a family nurse practitioner with Luther Midelfort Express Care says.

Chapek says try and use repellents containing deet or picaridan, and apply it on exposed skin and clothing, but never underneath clothing. She warns that repellents are the only thing between you and a scary disease like West Nile Virus.

“It's the main reason why people should always use a mosquito repellent outside when mosquitoes are present,” Chapek explains.

Some symptoms of West Nile Virus include fever, severe headache, and weakness on one side of the body, if you experience symptoms like these you are advised to head to urgent care or the emergency room.

Murray says the only good news, the next few nights are supposed to be cool, which could keep mosquitoes at bay.