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Antioch to begin mosquito reduction plan using treated male mosquitoes in July
Specially treated male mosquitoes that keep their female mates from laying eggs will be released in Antioch starting next month, health officials said. The strategy is an attempt to reduce the population of invasive Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that have turned up for three consecutive years in Antioch, according to the Contra Costa Mosquito and Vector […] The post Antioch to begin mosquito reduction plan using treated male mosquitoes in July appeared first on Local News Matters .
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Specially treated male mosquitoes that keep their female mates from laying eggs will be released in Antioch starting next month, health officials said. The strategy is an attempt to reduce the population of invasive Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that have turned up for three consecutive years in Antioch, according to the Contra Costa Mosquito and Vector […] The post Antioch to begin mosquito reduction plan using treated male mosquitoes in July appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s linked item, Antioch to begin mosquito reduction plan using treated male mosquitoes in July, Specially treated male mosquitoes that keep their female mates from laying eggs will be released in Antioch starting next month, health officials said. The strategy is an attempt to reduce the population of invasive Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that have turned up for three consecutive years in Antioch, according to the Contra Costa Mosquito and Vector […] The post Antioch to begin mosquito reduction plan using treated male mosquitoes in July appeared first on Local News Matters .
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