As spring ushers in warmer weather and outdoor gatherings, homeowners face the perennial challenge of mosquito control. While traditional methods like fly swatters, citronella candles, and mosquito ...

Scientists at Virginia Tech may have just made it easier to fight the world's deadliest animal: the mosquito. Only female mosquitoes bite because they need nutrients from blood to develop eggs. That ...

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A novel disease prevention strategy—targeting a mosquito that spreads the dengue virus—significantly reduces both the mosquito numbers and cases of disease across a community, finds a major new study.

Residents may notice staff using backpack sprayers or truck-mounted sprayers to deploy larvicides and adulticides, the Franklin County Commissioners said.

Researchers have developed a new "color-coded" genetic method that makes it easy to distinguish male and female mosquitoes. This innovation can help solve a major bottleneck in mosquito control ...

'The worst salt marsh mosquito season in nearly a decade.' That is how the Collier Mosquito Control District has described the past few months. With mosquitoes buzzing in full force this season, ...

San Joaquin County officials are urging residents to take action against mosquitoes by removing standing water and using natural control methods.

(FOX40.COM) — A mosquito-control district will release mosquitoes into Rosemont weekly starting July 7 to help eliminate dangerous species populations that could harm residents, according to a ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A female Anopheles mosquito is sitting on a vine of the forest at Tehatta, West Bengal, India. This genus of mosquitoes cause ...