AMARILLO, TEXAS -- When you think summer, most of us think about those days by the pool or barbequeing with the family on a nice day, but most of the time you spend covered in bug spray to prevent those pesky mosquitoes from getting in your way of a good time.

Lately however we noticed that there hasn't been a whole lot of those want to be Dracula's buzzing around.

With no rain comes no water puddles for the mosquitoes to lay their eggs and turn into larva.

"We have seen very very few mosquitoes, where I live we tend to see them this time of year, and I think it's just so dry there's just not any habitat for them, so we're really not seeing any mosquitoes at all," said Dr. Robert Ballinger, Palo Duro Animal Hospital Vet.

Ballinger said that this drop off should have no negative effect.

"They irritate the skin, mosquitoes certainly transmit heart worms and we have a had a couple cases of heart worms this spring, so I think it's good to do without one more disease vector."

Some have speculated that with this heat will come more fleas and ticks.

"We're seeing ticks just by my own observation, we tend to see ticks early in the summer flea's later, we're certainly seeing ticks I don't think we're seeing as many as we have seen in some years and once again it's been so hot and dry that the population is down a little bit."

No insects though means no spraying by the Enviormental Health Department and more time to do things like inspect restraunts. The city is also saving money.

"It does save us money in some aspect, because we are not buying more supplies, pestisides and what not for spring and also we are not paying overtime when we have heavy rain," said Donna Makkhavane, Community Relations Coordinator.

Either way, we're all pretty happy about being able to go outside and not have to worry about getting eaten alive.

Dr. Ballinger went on to say that a lot external parasites carry disease, and those problems need to be dealt with if you or your pets have come in contacts with them.