July 22, 2016
ByDr. Stuart Mitchell
Aedes aegypti is known as a daytime biter. Description: Adults are approximately 0.15 to 0.25 in. with white scales on the thorax (top-side) that resemble a violin. Tarsal segments of...
April 20, 2021
ByHeather Gooch
There is a link between healthy yellow fever mosquito fathers and their healthy offspring, according to researchers at the University of Florida.
October 19, 2020
ByDiane Sofranec
The EPA approved an experimental plan to reduce mosquito populations in Florida and Texas using genetically engineered yellow fever mosquitoes.
September 20, 2023
ByEllen Wagner
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have found that seed meal from plants in the mustard family can kill mosquito larvae. Mosquito larvae start their lives in stagnant water before emerging...
January 18, 2023
ByPMP Staff
Learn more about the inland floodwater mosquito.
January 3, 2023
ByDan Baldwin, BCE, REHS/RS, CCFS, CP-FS, PCQI
Dan Baldwin, BCE, CCFS, CP-FS, REHS/RS, gives a recap of the National Pest Management Association's inaugural Pests and Public Health Summit in San Antonio, Texas.
September 22, 2022
A UC Riverside-led team discovered that the combination of carbon dioxide plus two chemicals, 2-ketoglutaric and lactic acids, elicits a sent that causes a mosquito to locate and land on its victim.
August 18, 2022
Mosquitoes are pretty much unavoidable throughout the summer months, but what if certain colors we wear deterred mosquitoes?
May 19, 2022
Oxitec received approval from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) to continue the pilot project for its safe Aedes aegypti just-add-water mosquito control technology in the Florida Keys.
April 20, 2022
Oxitec announced the launch of the next phase of the company’s malaria vector program, enabled by funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.