disease-bearing mosquito
California Is Using Drones, Ditties to Hunt Down Disease-Bearing Mosquitoes
In three hours, officials and volunteers surveyed more than 130 homes. They peered into flower vases with flashlights, dumped out standing water in buckets and showed residents where mosquitoes might be lurking in their yards and homes. Unlike the native species in California, which thrive in moist, rural environments, Aedes aegypti and albopictus larvae can survive for months in small amounts of water – in vases, water bottles and even bottle caps.