LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - If you’re noticing more mosquito bites than usual for this time of year, an aggressive species of mosquitoes new to the Las Vegas valley could be to blame. They’re ...

Aedes aegypti are aggressive daytime biters. Culex quinquefasciatus, the most-trapped mosquito species in the area and the variety that spreads West Nile, feed on birds and humans usually at twilight.

A female Aedes aegypti mosquito while she was in the process of acquiring a blood meal from a human host at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in 2006. The feeding apparatus consisting of a ...

An international breed, the aedes albopictus, or Asian Tiger mosquito, is one those to which Bugbee is paying close attention. "It's an aggressive biter, bites in the day time," she said.

they are mosquitoes that are more active during the day, they are very aggressive, which is why they impact more on the population,” Willat also noted. “We have already had invasions of this ...