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The lizard leaders are feeding their lizard constituency! More seriously, LA in the past 12 months has seen these very large, more colorful, more aggressive mo
by erulabs 3y ago
The lizard leaders are feeding their lizard constituency!
More seriously, LA in the past 12 months has seen these very large, more colorful, more aggressive mosquitoes that I've never seen in the region before. Mosquitos growing up were little black dots that you could barely see. Now they're glinting-blue hunters with white stripes and a hatred for women and children. I feel like I've only seen bugs like this in South America. Am I being a doomer or has something changed in the LA area? Edit: Answered my own question: https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2023-09-21/mosquitos-spiders-rats-increase-more-los-angeles https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2023-09-21/mosquitos...
- mint2 3y agoAedes aegypti’s are lovely aren’t they. /s they’re aggressive disease carrying mosquitoes with an expanding range and proteins that cause huge itchy welts in some people.
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- Flatcircle 3y agoThe invasive Aedes Mosquito is the biggest quality of life issue to ever hit Southern California. I cannot believe more people are not trying to solve this horrible horrible problem. I'm afraid the government will only be bothered to do something when a large outbreak of a mosquito borne disease arrives, and by then it may be too late.
- mixmastamyk 3y agoBeen around about five years. Maybe you have water around this year and made it worse.
- dekhn 3y agoHave you ever been to Alaska in the summer? The old joke is "Two mosquitos by the shore capture a human for feeding and argue whether to take him further inland. They ultimately decide not to, because then the 'big ones would get him'"