Mosquito-borne diseases kill more than 700,000 people every year, according to the World Health Organization, and the ...

An international research team led by Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU) and the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture has i dentified the gene responsible for a ...

Mosquito bites are much more than just a red and itchy summertime nuisance. The diseases that they carry are notoriously ...

Mosquito-borne diseases kill more than 700,000 people every year, according to the World Health Organization, and the ...

The very productive female mosquito can lay 100 to 200 eggs in about an inch of water. It takes about a day for those eggs to hatch, creating new mosquitoes that will bite you.

A male mosquito’s proboscis – its elongated feeding-tube mouth – is not able to pierce skin, unlike a female mosquito’s proboscis. But that might not be the only reason they drink blood.

Some people do suffer severe reactions to mosquito bites. It’s a condition often referred to as “skeeter syndrome” and is an allergic reaction caused by the protein in the mosquito’s saliva.

The male mosquito’s proboscis is softer and are used for consuming nectar. The next difference is size. As with most bugs, the female mosquito is larger than the male. Mosquitos are an interesting ...

After a while the ant opens its mouth. The mosquito inserts its proboscis and sucks up food which the ant squeezes from its stomach. Both parties seem to enjoy this interchange.

Treat your clothes and even things like boots, mosquito nets, or the tents you’re sleeping in with a 0.5% solution of an insecticide called Permethrin. Permethrin can kill mosquitos on contact.

When a mosquito bites you, it pierces the skin using a mouthpart called a proboscis to suck up blood. As it feeds, it injects saliva into your skin that can cause a reaction — a bump and itching.

A female mosquito’s mouth – called a proboscis – has six stylets. You can think of them as needles. Two needles have little teeth. The mosquito uses them to saw into your skin.