Santa Clara News A “highly aggressive” mosquito species that feeds “almost exclusively on humans” was detected in Santa Clara, county officials warned on Monday.
The county’s Vector Control District found Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in a residential area of the City of Santa Clara. The district identified 58 mosquitoes surrounding Agate Drive and Moraine Drive.
Aedes aegypti are not native to California. Unlike the region’s native mosquitoes that bite primarily at dawn and dusk, Aedes aegypti bite day and night.