As if fear of West Nile virus weren’t enough, folks in San Joaquin County are being warned to take precautions over the Labor Day weekend against a ravenous — and potentially dangerous — breed of mosquito.
The more catchy name for the invasive Aedes aegypti is the “yellow fever mosquito.” That dreaded disease is most famous for having killed U.S. soldiers during the Spanish-American War and terrorized workers during the building of the Panama Canal in the late 1890s and early 1900s. The mosquito can also carry dengue and Zika.
From a modest start in Stockton in 2019, the presence of these blood-suckers has grown across the county, the Mosquito and Vector Control District said in a news release this week…