What’s the Buzz?

Updates, research, and resources on Aedes aegypti in the Grand Valley.

- Aedes aegypti is an invasive mosquito species of growing concern across the western United States.
This page collects reliable articles, research, and public-health resources to help our community understand
what it is, why it matters, and what we’re doing locally.

Local News
Inside Climate News - aegypti in Western Colorado

The Daily Sentinel - Local West Nile prevention gets an upgrade

The Business Times - Mosquito-control district gets in-house lab testing


General aegypti Information
CDC - Most (un)Wanted Mosquitoes

CDC - Life Cycle of Aedes Mosquitoes

PubMed - Mosquito Borne Human Viral Diseases: Why Aedes aegypti?

Knowable - Beating Back the Aedes aegypti Mosquito

Britannica - Aedes Mosquitoes

Wikipedia - Aedes aegypti

BioScience - Recent History of Aedes aegypti: Vector Genomics and Epidemiology Records
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Suppress mosquito populations, within the boundaries of the district, and in an environmentally responsible manner.

Monitor both larval and adult mosquito populations; to organize the population statistics, to evaluate organizational efforts, and to plan subsequent control strategies.