Due to warming temperatures, disease-carrying species of mosquito are spreading across Europe from Southeast Asia and Africa. It’s the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) that’s making the ...

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A Spanish laboratory is breeding and sterilising thousands of tiger mosquitoes to combat the rapid spread of dengue fever and other diseases. The increasing prevalence of these diseases in Europe ...

If you think you are a magnet to mosquitoes, there is a scientific reason for that. Mosquitoes get attracted to certain ...

Like dengue or Zika, the virus is transmitted by the tiger mosquito. On July 30, 1948, the insect was mentioned for the first time in Le Monde, which has since continued to track its spread.

A Spanish laboratory is breeding and sterilising thousands of tiger mosquitoes to fight dengue fever and other diseases. It means they are making sure the mosquitoes cannot reproduce. Climate ...

While females of some mosquito species do not drink blood, most do. They use the blood to provide the proteins and lipids they need to develop their eggs (which is why males don't bite). For example, ...

To thwart proliferation, the team relies on various methods, including spraying or hand-applying Bti, which is an ...

An Aedes albopictus female mosquito, also known as an (Asian) tiger mosquito or forest mosquito feeds. Courtesy James Gathany/Centers for Disease Control via Bay City News. Santa Clara County ...

as well as the yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti) and Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus), which can transmit human diseases. “Mahalo nui kakou for sharing your mana’o and for ...