One previous research paper indicated that blood is toxic to male Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes, and scientists thought all male mosquitoes lacked the ability to digest blood. But in Rasgon ...

Birds are the natural hosts of this virus, but female mosquitoes spread the disease when they bite an infected bird and then ...

A team from the University of California studied Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which annually infect approximately 400 million ...

Romance is a complex affair in humans. There's personality, appearance, seduction, all manner of physical and social cues. Mosquitoes are much more blunt. Mating occurs for a few seconds in midair.

To combat the spread, NOMTRCB will conduct truck-based mosquito control treatments targeting Culex quinquefasciatus, the primary vector of WNV in the region. Spraying will take place from 6 p.m ...

The Culex pipiens mosquito, which transmits West Nile Virus, is already present here. So far, Ireland has remained free of local West Nile Virus transmission, but with climate change creating ...