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‘A living hell’: how Los Angeles got taken over by mosquitoes
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Orwi programming.dev Orwi@programming.dev
Joined: 2026-09-04
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Link: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/11/los-angeles-mosquitoes-west-nile-virus-el-nino
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Zachariah lemmy.world Zachariah@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-13
#2 · Quote Reply

that sucks

one of the only perks of living in the desert is no mosquitoes
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sem lemmy.blahaj.zone sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2024-06-09
#3 · Quote Reply

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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Snot Flickerman lemmy.blahaj.zone SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2023-10-24
#4 · Quote Reply

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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apfelwoiSchoppen lemmy.world apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-10-01
#5 · (edited) Quote Reply
Zachariah wrote:
that sucks one of the only perks of living in the desert is no mosquitoes

Los Angeles is not a desert and never was. It was a vast region covered by wetlands prior to colonization. It may be surrounded by deserts to the north and east but it is not a desert.
https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/lost-la/the-lost-wetlands-of-los-angeles
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ChicoSuave lemmy.world ChicoSuave@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-12
#6 · Quote Reply
apfelwoiSchoppen wrote:
Los Angeles is not a desert and never was. It was a vast region covered by wetlands prior to colonization. It may be surrounded by deserts to the north and east but it is not a desert. https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/lost-la/the-lost-wetlands-of-los-angeles

And savanna. Specifically oak savanna. Grasslands turned to the most productive farms in the nation.
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apfelwoiSchoppen lemmy.world apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-10-01
#7 · Quote Reply
ChicoSuave wrote:
And savanna. Specifically oak savanna. Grasslands turned to the most productive farms in the nation.

Yep, and chaparral.
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KC_Royalz lemmy.world KC_Royalz@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-04-02
#8 · Quote Reply

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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