Mosquitoes

The Lee County Mosquito Control District released thousands of mosquitoes in Fort Myers to bring down the population.

The free traps are part of a Gainesville company's donation of 100,000 of the devices.

The Collier Mosquito Control District received the residential traps as a donation from Gainesville company Inzecto and is working with community partners to distribute them to the public.

The Collier Mosquito Control District’s aerial fleet now includes three airplanes and four helicopters.

Cases of West Nile virus have been confirmed by Collier County health officials and there is a heightened concern that more residents will become ill.

The invasive Aedes scapularis and Aedes tortilis mosquitos brings the total number of known mosquito species in Collier to 48.

Researchers are seeing that the species of mosquito that spreads Zika virus is growing resistant to pesticides.

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A plan to test genetically modified mosquitoes in the Florida Keys has received approval from the federal government.

This post was updated at at 12:15 p.m. on Sept. 12 The prospect of genetically modified mosquitoes is back for the Florida Keys — just as a new study...