Wednesday, 11 January 2017

PRO/AH/EDR> Invasive mosquitoes: USA (FL), Argentina

Other Human Disease -- United States
University of Florida researchers say they've found 2 new disease-carrying mosquito species in the state for the 1st time.
Entomologist Nathan Burkett-Cadena told The Miami Herald that the _Aedeomyia squamipennis_ and _Culex panocossa_ weren't species he expected to find in Homestead and Florida City during an October [2016] research trip. He says it's a sign of environmental changes making Florida more hospitable to tropical mosquitoes.
Burkett-Cadena says both species are known to

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