Low doses of a drug already approved for treating rare genetic conditions in humans kills mosquitoes dead. Scientists say it ...

Government advisers say they need innovations that would help to control the disease, both the parasite and the vector ...

Unlike the Anopheles mosquitoes (which spread malaria ... can be enough for them to lay their eggs. Aedes mosquitoes lay their eggs on the walls of water-holding containers.

Female mosquitoes require the nutrients (mainly vitamins) in blood to produce eggs. Mosquitoes feed primarily on vertebrates ... They feed at night on humans and animals and are found indoors and ...

Female Aedes aegypti commonly lay eggs on the inner walls of artificial containers. When the containers fill with water, mosquito larvae hatch from the eggs. After developing through four larval ...

This is because the female anopheles mosquito thrives in hot ... After the airborne portion of their life cycle, female mosquitoes usually lay eggs on the surface of water or in areas where ...