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Jan. 13, 2021 —Mosquitoes are transmitters of several diseases and pesticides are used to control their numbers in many countries. New study finds Wolbachia - a bacteria commonly found in insects - appears to ...
Mar. 22, 2023 —A mosquito known only by its scientific name, Culex lactator, is the latest to establish in the Sunshine State, according to a new ...
Aug. 24, 2021 —A recent study led by an entomologist explores the different kinds of cells that make up mosquito immune systems. The research could shed light on how mosquitoes transmit ...
Dec. 17, 2020 —Rapid and accurate identification of mosquitoes that transmit human pathogens such as malaria is an essential part of mosquito-borne disease surveillance. Now, researchers have shown the ...
Nov. 15, 2022 —Male mosquitoes find mates by listening for the buzzing sounds produced by flying females. Now researchers have developed a technique using a serotonin inhibiting compound that disrupts the hearing ...
Jan. 12, 2022 —Male mosquitoes beat their wings faster when swarming at sunset to better detect females and increase their chance of reproducing, finds a novel ...
Aug. 18, 2022 —When female mosquitoes are looking for a human to bite, they smell a unique cocktail of body odors that we emit into the air. These odors then stimulate receptors in the mosquitoes' antenna. ...
Feb. 21, 2023 —In a bid to understand why mosquitoes may be more attracted to one human than another, researchers say they have mapped specialized receptors on the insects' nerve cells that are able to ...
Apr. 13, 2021 —Altering a mosquito's gut genes to make them spread antimalarial genes to the next generation of their species shows promise as an approach to curb ...
Sep. 15, 2020 —West Nile virus spreads most efficiently in the US at temperatures between 24-25 degrees Celsius (75.2-77 degrees Fahrenheit), a new study ...