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Can’t leave the house without getting bitten? Legs swollen from scratching? Welcome to the crowd. Because yes. The mosquitoes are worse this year.
Why? There’s a new type of mosquito in town. You might have heard of it — it’s the Aedes mosquito — and it first showed up in El Monte in 2010. Since then it’s been spreading all throughout Southern California. And it’s way more vicious than our native mosquito, the Culex.
The distribution of invasive Aedes mosquitoes in Southern California, as of Aug. 3, 2018. (Courtesy California Department of Public Health)