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Several ticks trapped in routine monitoring along Lopez Canyon Trail in Sorrento Valley have tested positive for tularemia, prompting County Vector Control officials to urge people to remember to protect themselves and their pets when hiking.
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San Juan Capistrano may have its swallows, but in San Diego County in the spring we have crane flies! Especially after wet winters like the one we’ve just had. Crane flies look like giant mosquitoes, but they’re not. Some people think they eat mosquitoes, but they don’t. So, what are they?
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The best way to learn is to get your hands on something. So San Diego County entomologist Tracy Ellis and her crew brought a collection of bugs to San Pasqual Union School to teach the kids a few things about insects. It’s one of the many ways the County’s Agriculture, Weights and Measures Department helps educate […]
