A tiny, nonnative mosquito that can turn a forgotten bottle cap into a breeding pool is showing up in Bay Area neighborhoods, and public health officials are not taking it lightly. The species, Aedes aegypti, sometimes called the yellow fever mosquito, bites during the day and can carry dengue, Zika, chikungunya and yellow fever. Vector control agencies say its habit of laying single eggs in many small containers makes it easy to spread yard to yard and brutally hard to wipe out once it settles in.
Where It’s Been Detected
State tracking shows the mosquito has been documented across a wide swath of California, including Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa and Solano counties. According to the California Department of Public Health, the list of…..