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Mosquitoes are pests, and can be a health threat if they are carrying diseases such as West Nile Virus. Yet our spray campaigns to limit their numbers cause great environmental harm and, by killing off mosquito predators, often lead in the long run to net increases in the local mosquito population. Join us for a conversation with Aimee Code, Pesticide Programs Director of the Xerces Society, about effective methods for controlling mosquitoes in the home landscape and across the community without inflicting damage on the local ecosystem. And learn about the essential ecological role that mosquitoes play in pollinating flowers and their importance to the food chain.
