From Bakersfield.com
May 31, 2022
Aedes aegypti, known in some areas of the world as the yellow fever mosquito — but known locally as “ankle-biter” — made its debut in greater Bakersfield in 2013.
At that time its numbers were quite low.
“Now they’re everywhere,” said Phurchhoki Sherpa, scientific program director for Kern Mosquito & Vector Control District, the special district charged with controlling mosquito populations in the southern valley.
Beginning next week, the district will try out a new strategy in limited areas in Bakersfield — and if it is successful, the project will likely be expanded.
The plan required some new equipment for the district.
“This is a truck-mounted A1 Super Duty mist blower, and its general purpose is to produce a fine mist that will be blown up into the air,” the district’s public information officer Terry Knight said Tuesday.