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**Chooriwrocaey** · 04-05-2011, 02:50 AM

Quote[/b] ]Are mosquitoes like an Asian insect or are they common in the west as well?

There are plenty of mosquitoes in America, but we never hear of malaria over here. One problem that has cropped up in recent years in the West Nile Virus, which is also transmitted by mosquitoes.

When I lived in Michigan many years ago, I always had numerous mosquito bites every summer. San Diego and Albuquerque were desert areas, so I did not get bit very much there. In Florida, they are controlled for. The government sprays all areas with standing water to kill mosquito larve. We still have a few, but nothing like I remember from my childhood in Michigan (black flies that bite too).

04-05-2011, 02:50 AM	#3
Chooriwrocaey Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 463 Senior Member	Quote[/b] ]Are mosquitoes like an Asian insect or are they common in the west as well? There are plenty of mosquitoes in America, but we never hear of malaria over here. One problem that has cropped up in recent years in the West Nile Virus, which is also transmitted by mosquitoes. When I lived in Michigan many years ago, I always had numerous mosquito bites every summer. San Diego and Albuquerque were desert areas, so I did not get bit very much there. In Florida, they are controlled for. The government sprays all areas with standing water to kill mosquito larve. We still have a few, but nothing like I remember from my childhood in Michigan (black flies that bite too).
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