A female Aedes aegypti mosquito while she was in the process of acquiring a blood meal from a human host at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in 2006. (James Gathany/CDC via Bay City News)

An invasive mosquito has been found in Antioch, the Contra Costa Mosquito and Vector Control District said. 

The species, Aedes aegypti, is capable of transmitting pathogens that can cause Zika virus, dengue fever, and yellow fever.  

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