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Operation Big Buzz was a U.S. military entomological warfare field test conducted in 1955 on Savannah, Georgia's predominantly Black Carver Village neighborhood. [1] The tests involved dispersing over 300,000 mosquitoes from aircraft and through ground dispersal methods.
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Nancy Hinkle, University of Georgia entomology professor, said pet owners come in close contact with their pets, ticks and fleas are concern. “We have 23 species of ticks in Georgia,” said Hinkle.
This is the complete list of the 20 worst cities for mosquitoes, so if you live in any of these places, take extra care in the warm weather. National Prevalence and Mortality of West Nile Virus ...
The Chemical Corps released uninfected female mosquitoes into a residential area of Savannah, Georgia, whose residents had agreed to participate in the project, and then estimated how many mosquitoes entered houses and bit people. Within a day, many reports of mosquito bites were received. [2]
Mosquitoes, the Culicidae, are a family of small flies consisting of 3,600 species. The word mosquito (formed by mosca and diminutive-ito) [2] is Spanish and Portuguese for little fly. [3] Mosquitoes have a slender segmented body, one pair of wings, three pairs of long hair-like legs, and specialized, highly elongated, piercing-sucking mouthparts.
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Psorophora ciliata is a species of large mosquito indigenous to North America east of the continental divide. It is one of thirteen species of the genus that reside in the continental United States. [2] The mosquito has been referred to as the “gallinipper” or “shaggy-legged gallinipper” due to its tendency for aggressive behavior. [1]