Contagious Buzz As the hysteria over the West Nile virus moves westward, California appears to be the inevitable destination of the mosquitoes that carry the deadly virus. David Faulkner, 51, is a forensic entomologist and …
"We never fight with them. If they are aggressive, then we stay away."
Posted September 19, 2002
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