Is anyone else having problems with insects due to the unusually warm late winter we've had here in the Midwest and eastern US?

Is anyone else having problems with insects due to the unusually warm late winter we've had here in the Midwest and eastern US?
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No insect invasions, yet, but, the frogs are roaring in all the ponds and creeks and, just now, the cat brought in a baby deer mouse. I live in a rodent wonderland, always a mouse or vole or gopher coming in via the cat door. lol
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