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nWBeb TIL the largest biting mosquito in the US is Psorophora ciliata, or the "gallinipper", known for persistent biting and aggressiveness. They are found from Texas to New England. Large numbers of them spawn after flooding rains.
69ev8 TIL Florida has an invasive population of wild monkeys that carry a strain of herpes that is transmissible to humans and can kill you.