The Contra Costa Mosquito and Vector Control District on Friday confirmed the presence of an invasive species of mosquitoes in Discovery Bay in the eastern part of the county.

A resident approached district technicians working in the Discovery Bay area and provided samples of mosquitoes that were eventually found to be the Aedes aegypti species, which are small, aggressive mosquitoes that are not native to California and can transmit dangerous viruses.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.