As the weather warms and many move their stay-at-home orders to their backyard, the question of whether you can contract COVID-19 through a mosquito bite continues to surface. Source: Fox News
New, larger wave of locusts threatens millions in Africa
Billions of the young desert locusts are winging in from breeding grounds in Somalia in search of fresh vegetation springing up with seasonal rains. Source: NBC News
Cannibal rats taking over during coronavirus pandemic, experts say
Trash is not littering the streets like it used to. People are staying at home. Pizza rat has no pizza to drag back home. Now rats are emerging in normally bustling, now-quiet cities, looking for any scrap of food trying to survive the COVID-19 pandemic. Source: WHBQ
Asian hornets may cause £7.6m in environmental damage, study finds
The wasps, which can kill with a single sting, are having a devastating impact on Britain’s already dwindling honeybee population. Source: Mail Online
MDC: Tree pest spreads to 78 counties
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) has confirmed the presence of emerald ash borer (EAB) in Chariton, Lafayette and Moniteau counties, bringing the statewide total to 78 counties known to Source: Daily Journal Online
Reducing the tick threat at home
RHINEBECK, N.Y. (NEWS10)–Have you been stuck inside for weeks now and want to get out in your yard? Before you head out to do some of that spring planting, remember the ticks are out and not … Source: NEWS10 ABC
Tick season begins as Vermonters take to the outdoors for reprieve from stay at home order
Vermont Health Commissioner Dr. Mark Levine said residents should not be afraid to go outside, but they should be wary of ticks. Source: Burlington Free Press
Ask an Expert: Can mosquitoes carry the coronavirus?
COLORADO SPRINGS — FOX21 Digital NOW is taking your coronavirus concerns directly to the experts, to get your lingering questions answered. A FOX21 viewer sent in this question regarding mosquitoes… Source: FOX21News.com
El Paso Health: COVID-19 not transmitted by mosquitoes
Temperatures in the Borderland are getting warmer and the Rio Grande in our area now has water. People had questions if mosquitoes can transmit coronavirus. On Wednesday, the El Paso Health Department reassured the public that presently there is no scientific evidence to suggest mosquitoes spread COVID-19. Source: KFOX
Can mosquitoes or ticks spread the virus that causes COVID-19?
The main way COVID-19 spreads is through close contact from person-to-person in respiratory droplets from someone who is infected. Source: KXAN.com
