Pests — United States
A mosquito breed [species] capable of carrying and transmitting yellow fever and the Zika virus was netted in Hemet, Riverside County [California] health officials reported Wednesday [17 Aug 2016].
According to the Department of Environmental Health, an _Aedes aegypti_ specimen was pulled from a vector-control trap Monday [15 Aug 2016] near Johnston Avenue and Yale Street, on the south end of the city.
Department spokeswoman Dotti Merki said the little black-and-white mosquitoes, which
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