Get your bug spray ready! You'll find more mosquitos than normal this summer. But there may be some relief in sight in the form of tiny tropical fish. News Specialist Robert Walz tells us more.

The latin name is Gambusia-a-finis, but they are commonly called mosquito fish. Tiny tropical fish that feast on the larva of the mosquito.

((KEITH WAGSTAFF/SALT LAKE COUNTY MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT: "THEY FEED ON THE LARVA IN A POND LIKE THAT. JUST A FEW FISH WOULD ELIMINATE THE MOSQUITO PROBLEM IN THAT AREA."))

Most counties in the state distribute the fish free of charge. They put them in ornamental ponds, ditches and along the Jordan River--the largest single source for mosquitos in the Salt Lake Valley.

((ROBERT WALZ/NEWS SPECIALIST: "THE USE OF THESE TROPICAL FISH IS NOT NEW, THEY STARTED USING THEM MORE THAN 70 YEARS AGO AS A WAY TO CONTROL THE MOSQUITO POPULATION."))

((WAGSTAFF: "WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE THE MOSQUITO DISTRICT WAS FORMED IN SALT LAKE CITY IN THE MID 20'S. AS SOON AS THESE MOSQUITO FISH WERE ACCLIMATED TO OUR AREA, THEY ARE VERY EFFECTIVE IN SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES."))

Even with the help of the mosquito fish, it will be a bad year for mosquitos along the Wasatch Front. Too much water in the spring, and not enough manpower to wipe out the insects before they hatch. County officials say the mosquito fish can not do the job by themselves, but they do provide a natural way to keep the mosquito population in check.

County workers will deliver the fish to your home, and pick them up when the season is over.