were conducted as researchers set up capture devices to collect both adult mosquitoes and their eggs. It was found that once ...

Male insects carrying venom proteins transferred these to disease-spreading females, reducing their lifespan and providing a pest control method. On a still night, as the air is thick with silence, ...

After two days, a fully developed adult mosquito forms and breaks through the skin of the pupa. The adult mosquito can fly and has a terrestrial habitat.

McBride said they’re the first mosquito control district ever to do this. Essentially, their scientists sterilize male mosquitoes, then release them in a neighborhood. Those mosquitoes mate with ...