This disease-carrying mosquito was brought in through Texas and has spread as far North as Chicago, and New York, and is especially reaching dangerous levels in the Washington, D.C. area. The disease it causes has no cure, Chikungunya fever. The name means "bent over", because those who contract this disease have trouble walking due to headaches, rashes, fever and - worst of all - excruciating joint pain! During summer months avoid being out late in the evening. However, realize that this particular mosquito does bite during the daytime hours. It seems with each passing day, a new plague is announced to the world. This disease at one time was limited to Asia and Africa, but now the disease (spread by the tiger mosquito) is rapidly spreading across the U.S. A new epidemic may be on the way.