Drone pilot John Savage loads a hexacopter drone with anti-mosquito bacterial spore pellets at the San Joaquin Marsh Reserve at University of California in Irvine, California. The drone is the latest technology deployed by the Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District to attack mosquitoes developing in marshes, wetlands, large ponds and parks. — AP
IRVINE, California: A drone flies over a peaceful Southern California marsh and unleashes a rain of larvae-killing bacterial spore pellets. Its target: a surging population of mosquitoes that can spread diseases to humans.
The drone is the latest technology deployed by the Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District to attack mosquito development in marshes, large ponds and parks.
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Drone pilot John Savage loads a hexacopter drone with anti-mosquito bacterial spore pellets at the San Joaquin Marsh Reserve at University of California in Irvine, California. The drone is the latest technology deployed by the Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District to attack mosquitoes developing in marshes, wetlands, large ponds and parks. — AP
Trapped mosquitoes are seen inside a collecting chamber at the Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District laboratory in Garden Grove, Calif., on June 27, 2023. A drone is the latest technology deployed by the district to attack mosquitoes developing in marshes, wetlands, large ponds and parks. Mosquitoes grow into larvae from eggs laid in water, making proliferation of the biting bugs a major concern after California's extraordinarily rainy winter. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia)
A lab worker examines trapped mosquitoes for signs of West Nile Virus and other diseases at the Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District laboratory in Garden Grove, Calif., on June 27, 2023. A drone is the latest technology deployed by the district to attack mosquitoes developing in marshes, wetlands, large ponds and parks. Mosquitoes grow into larvae from eggs laid in water, making proliferation of the biting bugs a major concern after California's extraordinarily rainy winter. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia)
Drone pilot John Savage loads the hexacopter drone with anti-mosquito bacterial spore pellets at the San Joaquin Marsh Reserve at University of California in Irvine, Calif., on June 27, 2023. The drone is the latest technology deployed by the Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District to attack mosquitoes developing in marshes, wetlands, large ponds and parks. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia)
A lab worker examines trapped mosquitoes for signs of West Nile Virus and other diseases at the Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District laboratory in Garden Grove, Calif., on June 27, 2023. A drone is the latest technology deployed by the district to attack mosquitoes developing in marshes, wetlands, large ponds and parks. Mosquitoes grow into larvae from eggs laid in water, making proliferation of the biting bugs a major concern after California's extraordinarily rainy winter. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia)
Drone pilot John Savage flies the hexacopter drone loaded with anti-mosquito bacterial spore pellets at the San Joaquin Marsh Reserve at University of California in Irvine, Calif., on June 27, 2023. The drone is the latest technology deployed by the Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District to attack mosquitoes developing in marshes, wetlands, large ponds and parks. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia)
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