Mosquito species carrying yellow fever returns to Florida - Bay News 9

Polk County is on the lookout for a new mosquito species that scientists say carry yellow fever.

Aedes scalpularis was recently found in South Florida, but Polk County entomologist Jackson Mosely said Central Florida could be a location we could see them next.

Mosely works for Polk County’s mosquito control unit and he said they place dozens of mosquito traps throughout the county to catch and test the insect.

“This species is not very well established yet, so we have not seen any cases of disease transmission,” says Miami-Dade County Mosquito Control Research Director Chalmers Vasquez