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Aug. 11, 2023 Specific receptors in the ears of mosquitoes have been revealed to modulate their hearing, finds a new study. Scientists say, this discovery could help develop new insecticides and control the spread ...
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 ...
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 ...
Oct. 27, 2022 The female mosquito will hunt down any human, but some of us get bitten far more than others. The answer why may be hidden in our ...
June 17, 2021 The yellow fever mosquito spreads multiple untreatable viruses in humans and is primarily controlled using a pesticide called permethrin. However, many mosquitoes are evolving resistance to the ...