From the Pasadena Star-News
June 25, 2019
What does an exotic brand of mosquito called Aedes and a musical video featuring people in pastel-colored sweats gyrating to a synthesized beat have in common?
Nothing, really.
Unless you are the folks from the San Gabriel Valley Mosquito & Vector Control District.
The staff of the bug-squashing district created a public service announcement, called “Don’t Bring Back the Aedes,” that cleverly promotes a message of wearing insect repellent and tipping over pots of water carrying the Aedes eggs within a music video.
It’s all based on rhyming the bug’s name (pronounced A-DEEZ) with the ’80s decade. Throw in a rap number and some choreographed dance moves and there you have it.