Posts Tagged: bites
Itching and Infestations: Explaining the Unexplained

Most of us have experienced itchy skin from a biting insect at least once in our lives. Insects and...
Mosquito and West Nile Virus Awareness Week

Warming temperatures combined with late spring rains create ideal conditions for mosquitoes to...
Kissing bugs are not your valentine

Conenose or ‘kissing bugs' (Triatoma spp.) are in the Reduviidae family, a group of insects...
Best Tips for Mosquito Protection

Record-breaking heat continues to scald California, leading many of us to water our landscapes...
Invasive Spotlight: Zika Virus
![Adult female mosquito, Aedes egypti. [J. Gathany] Adult female mosquito, Aedes egypti. [J. Gathany]](http://ucanr.edu/blogs/UCIPMurbanpests//blogfiles/41882small.jpg)
The Zika virus is spread to people mainly through the bite of an infected mosquito, mostly Aedes...