Wet spring greets seasonal hunt for disease-bearing mosquitoes, ticks
Courtesy of Chrissy Edwards-McCune
Chrissy Edwards-McCune was hired in May 2022 as the West Nile virus program technician for the Westmoreland Conservation District. Here she displays a gravid trap used to collect mosquitoes to be tested for infection with the virus.
Courtesy of Chrissy Edwards-McCune
Members of the Culex family of mosquitoes are known to spread West Nile virus.
Courtesy of Chrissy Edwards-McCune
A trap is placed outdoors for weekly collection of mosquitoes that will be tested for the presence of West Nile virus.
