# @realvegaslocals on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C8GGlYoP5yU
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/76579879-realvegaslocals-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/7ee54248ac.jpg
- **Posted:** 2024-06-12T00:23:41.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Real Vegas Locals (@realvegaslocals) — https://gondola.cc/realvegaslocals

## Caption

Mosquitoes are taking over Vegas, and people are freaking out!

You might think these pesky bugs are a new problem in our desert paradise, but guess what? Mosquitoes have been living in Vegas way before you!

Our story starts way back in the early 20th century. Back then, Vegas was just a small desert town. But with the construction of the Hoover Dam in the 1930s, everything changed.

The dam brought water, and with water came mosquitoes. As Las Vegas grew, so did the mosquito population. Urban development created new habitats for them. Irrigation systems, swimming pools, and those fancy fountains.

These tiny invaders found plenty of places to breed and thrive, right in the middle of our backyards.

But we never had a serious Mosquito issue in Las Vegas until today.

Thousands of mosquitoes from multiple ZIP codes, have tested positive for West Nile Virus. Two pools have tested positive for St. Louis encephalitis. And the aggressive Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, known as daytime biters, have tested positive for West Nile Virus for the first time in Clark County.

Right now, the Health District is on high alert with record-breaking complaints from the public.

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- **Views:** 246,860
- **Likes:** 5,427
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- **Comments:** 346

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