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Culex lactator

NPR Health

Uh-oh. A new tropical mosquito has come to Florida. The buzz it's creating isn't good

Greg Allen

Little is known about the mosquito species known as Culex lactator. But it belongs to a group of mosquitoes known to carry diseases and researchers are worried about what will happen.