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With about 1 in 10 local mosquitoes testing positive for West Nile virus, the Hill County Mosquito Control District supervisor is warning people to take care.
A species that carries the virus, Culex tarsalis, makes up 13 percent of the total mosquitoes trapped by the Hill County district, Hill County's weed and mosquito district supervisor Terry Turner said Monday. Recent testing shows that about 90 percent of tarsalis mosquitoes in the district are infected with West Nile, he said.
Tarsalis mosquitoes only fly at night, Turner added, coming out a half hour before sundown. Peak hours are...
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