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• sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Which is it, guardian?

  close-up of a mosquito on a person’s skin outsideView image in fullscreen

  The Aedes mosquito is a known vector for several viruses, including West Nile virus. Photograph: NurPhoto/Getty Images

  Aedes are not associated with West Nile virus,[…]

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• Zachariah@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  that sucks

  one of the only perks of living in the desert is no mosquitoes

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  • apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Los Angeles is not a desert and never was. It was a vast region covered by wetlands prior to colonization.

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    • ChicoSuave@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      And savanna. Specifically oak savanna. Grasslands turned to the most productive farms in the nation.

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• KC_Royalz@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It’s not just LA. Nebraska has been overrun with them the last two years. Far more than I’ve seen in 48 years

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• SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I lived through being at the epicenter of the West Nile outbreak in Louisiana in the early 2000s and all I got was that stupid West Nile virus.

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