Carina LeFave, assistant manager of Grant County Mosquito Control District 1, holds up one of several mosquito traps in the lab at the district’s offices at the Moses Lake Municipal Airport. The district regularly sets out traps to find out what kinds of mosquitoes are flying around Grant County and what diseases they might carry.
May 23, 2022
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May 23, 2022 5:46 p.m.
Battling our deadliest predator
MOSES LAKE — Mosquitos are more than flying, buzzing and biting annoyances. They are, in the words of Colorado Mesa University history professor Timothy Winegard, humanity’s deadliest predator, responsible for many billions of deaths throughout the long history of human existence as they hunt for human blood and transmit bacteria, viruses and parasites in every bite...