For mosquitoes, finding the next blood meal is all about smelling and seeing. It’s our breath that gives us away. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/how-mosquitoes-find-us…
Tag: Mosquitoes
Parasite brings down mosquito numbers in parts of Guangzhou
The number of biting Asian tiger mosquitoes, which spread dengue and Chikungunya, has been reduced by more than 80 per cent at two sites in Guangzhou, China Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2210190-parasite-brings-down-mosquito-numbers-in-parts-of-guangzhou/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Why Do Some People Always Get Bitten by Mosquitoes, While Others Don’t?
Some people can sit outside all summer long and not suffer from mosquito bites. Others turn into an itchy mess despite bathing in DEET and never leaving the purple glow of the bug zapper. What gives? Source: https://www.livescience.com/65758-why-mosquitoes-target-certain-people.html
A fungus weaponized with a spider toxin can kill malaria mosquitoes
In controlled field experiments in Burkina Faso, a genetically engineered fungus reduced numbers of insecticide-resistant mosquitoes that can carry malaria. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fungus-weaponized-spider-toxin-can-kill-malaria-mosquitoes4…
Global Health: Widespread Testing Begins on Malaria Vaccine That Is Only Partly Effective
Despite the vaccine’s drawbacks, the W.H.O. endorsed testing on 360,000 children, in an effort to lower death rates in Africa. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/health/malaria-vaccine-malawi.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…
The Mysterious Moss Man of Florida
The thick swamps of Florida can be a spooky place to say the least, their tangles of cypress trees, vines, and brush clouded with mosquitoes and infested by all manner of insects and snakes, the murky, muddy waters prowled by alligators lying in wait for the unwary. When the sun goes down the swamp comes… Read more » Source: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/04/the-mysterious-moss-man-of-florida/…
Geneticists close in on how mosquitoes sniff out human sweat
A long-sought protein proves vital for mosquitoes’ ability to detect lactic acid, a great clue for finding a human. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/genetics-how-mosquitoes-sniff-out-human-sweat