Aedes aegypti is back
Aedes aegypti has again been found near the Center Street Ballfields.
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Moab residents can learn to collect mosquito data on June 22
The Moab Mosquito Abatement District recently secured funds to support a citizen science project to monitor mosquitoes, and the district is inviting interested Moabites to a workshop on June 22 at the Grand…
Local mosquito researcher will present at last Science Moab on Tap
Michele Rehbein, manager of the Moab Mosquito Abatement District, has spent eight years studying the world’s deadliest animal: mosquitos. Each year, mosquitos kill more humans than any other animal due to their ability…
Mosquito season winds down: So how does the Moab Mosquito Abatement District work?
Moab may be a desert, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t mosquitoes. In the summer of 2019, mosquitoes were rampant in the city as the Moab Mosquito Abatement District was short-staffed. . “It…
Letter to the editor: Reconsider mosquito fogging
The Moab Mosquito Abatement District (MMAD) has been fogging the north side of town with the insecticide Permethrin. Permethrin is a manmade neurotoxin in the pyrethroid family. Pyrethroids were originally used in chemical…
Science Moab talks with the Shannon Amsberry about Moab’s mosquito abatement program
Since most mosquitoes lay their eggs in standing water, droughts might seem to reduce mosquito populations, since less water means fewer chances for them to reproduce. But in Moab, that isn’t the case….