A sign outside the front door welcomed people to grandma and grandpa’s house (“admission – one hug each”), a happy beehive thrummed in the trunk of the big camphor tree, and the whole tranquil scene ...

The summerlike temperatures this week come with a bit of a downside: they create better conditions for mosquito larvae. The Metropolitan Mosquito Control District (MMCD) said Monday that it officially ...

Helicopters will be out Friday and throughout the next few weeks as treatments are applied in the Twin Cities metro area to help control the mosquito larvae population. The treatment is applied as ...

Can cannabidiol (CBD) be used to counter insecticide resistance, specifically for mosquitoes? This is what a recent study published in Insects hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated ...

Mosquitos are the bane of many people's existence, especially since their bites aren't just annoyingly itchy; they can also spread potentially deadly parasitic diseases. Even the larvae of certain ...

A mosquito larva launches its head to capture prey dangled in front of it. Hancock et al. via Annals of the Entomological Society of America Scientists have long known that predatory mosquito larvae ...

When an Iceland resident found an odd-looking insect on a fly trap, he took his suspicions online, and scientists soon ...

The secret of the world’s deadliest animal’s reproductive success could lead to fewer baby mosquitoes. That could mean improved pest control. FIU Biomolecular Sciences Institute researchers ...

Most people in the world absolutely hate mosquitoes. Personally, I don’t mind them – they don’t really bite me, so they do not bother me that much. That is not the case for most people, who cannot ...