
Posts Tagged: DEET
Drain After the Rain

Whether you're having a backyard barbecue or enjoying outdoor activities as the weather warms up, it's important to protect yourself from mosquitoes and their bites. Not only can these buzzing insects be a nuisance, certain mosquito species can...
Warm Weather Helps Prolong West Nile Virus Risk

Summer may be over, but continued warm weather means that mosquitoes are still active. So far this year, 361 cases of the mosquito-borne illness West Nile Virus (WNV) have been reported* in 23 California counties from Imperial to Shasta. Sadly, 18 of...
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 aegypti and Aedes albopictus. People can also get the Zika virus through sexual contact with an infected person, and the virus can also be passed from a...
Zika, Mosquitoes, and Repellents
![Adult female mosquit, Aedes aegypti. [J. Gathany, CDC.] Adult female mosquit, Aedes aegypti. [J. Gathany, CDC.]](http://ucanr.edu/blogs/UCIPMurbanpests//blogfiles/38419small.jpg)
[From the August 2016 issue of the UC IPM Retail Newsletter] Concerns over the Zika virus have been all over the news lately, so you may be getting questions about mosquito repellents and how customers can protect themselves from mosquitoes. The Zika...
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