From USAtoday.com…
Horror movies like “Jaws” “Anaconda” and “The Birds” became cult classics with the ability to show how scary animals can be when around humans. And while those larger animals can stir fear in the real world, there are plenty of tiny creatures to also generate nightmares.
Meet the invasive Aedes mosquito, an insect that really wants to bite you.
Originally from Asia, the Aedes mosquito is thought to have made its way to California from a shipment of bamboo from China in 2001, according to the Los Angeles Times. Now, the population of the mosquito has grown so rapidly that numerous counties in the state are trying to control the population rather than eradicate it.
But what makes these mosquitoes so much more terrifying than others? Their preference for biting humans.
