(June 19, 2017, 10:48 a.m.) -- LB's Dept. of Health & Human Services Dept. reports detecting an invasive variety of mosquito (new to the area) that can transmit the Zika virus (implicated in serious birth defects), Dengue and other viruses...and it's a particularly aggressive type of mosquito known to bite in the daytime (not just in evenings, as other mosquitoes.)
In addition, the more familiar endemic variety of mosquito known to transmit West Nile Virus (as it has in previous summers) has been detected for the first time in LB this year in ELB zip code 90808 according to the Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District. [Scroll down for further.] |
This is the day-biting invasive, aggressive Aedes Aegypti. It has distinctive black and white markings:
Regarding Aedes Aegypti, LBDDHS states in a release: The Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Vector Control Program has detected Aedes aegypti, the type of mosquito that can transmit Zika, dengue, and other viruses, for the first time in Long Beach. While they have been found in several surrounding cities in Southern California, this marks the first detection of these mosquitoes in Long Beach.
The Greater L.A. County Vector Control District has this page with details on this type of mosquito and says it has already been found in: Artesia Avocado Heights (unincorporated LA County) Bell Bell Gardens Bellflower Boyle Heights (City of L.A.) Carson Central Alameda (City of L.A.) Cerritos City Terrace (unincorporated LA County) Commerce Cudahy Diamond Bar Downey East Hollywood (City of L.A.) East Los Angeles (unincorporated LA County) El Sereno (City of L.A.) Elysian Valley (City of L.A.) Florence/Graham (unincorporated LA County) Hacienda Heights (unincorporated LA County) Hawaiian Gardens Highland Park (City of L.A.) Historic South Central (City of L.A. – 90007) Huntington Park Lake View Terrace (City of L.A.) La Mirada Maywood Montebello Norwalk Pacoima (City of L.A.) Paramount Pico Rivera Rowland Heights Santa Fe Springs South Gate South Whittier (unincorporated LA County) Valley Village (City of L.A.) Willowbrook (unincorporated LA County)
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