Etiket: mosquitoes
Against mosquitoes: a new repellent is coming
uA research by the University of Florence together with that of Pisa and Rome La Sapienza has identified «a new mosquito repellent that protects for eight hours as the icaridina…
Genetically modified mosquitoes used to fight malaria
06/21/2023 On at 08:08 CEST The first results of the release of sterile specimens are very encouraging. Climate change is favoring the spread of mosquitoes Malaria is one of the…
High temperatures and more mosquitoes: this is the influence of the warm weather in Zoetermeer
The winter coat will remain in the closet for the next few days, because the warm temperatures are back in Zoetermeer. On average it was about 23 degrees in the…
Mosquitoes hibernate during drought
Malaria mosquitoes in the western Sahel can survive dry spells by temporarily going into summer hibernation. It has been known for about ten years that this so-called aestivation occurs, but…
Mosquitoes have a neural system to always smell humans
08/28/2022 at 08:07 EST Even cutting off their antennae receptors they still smell people When the mosquitoes female looking for a human to bite him, they smell a unique cocktail…
Mosquitoes decrease by 20% this summer in Barcelona
The presence of mosquitoes has decreased by 20% this summer compared to the previous one, according to the Barcelona Public Health Agency (ASPB), the same decrease that was registered last…
‘How do you, as a Buddhist, actually feel about beating mosquitoes to death?’, a friend asked
Gerda BleesAugust 12, 202210:30 It was night, my child woke up every half hour crying from the itching and I had taken on the task of living mattress. I was…
NVWA finds tiger mosquitoes again at tire company in Assen | Inland
Asian tiger mosquitoes can transmit more than twenty viral diseases such as dengue fever, Zika, chikungunya, West Nile virus and various types of brain infections. The small, striped mosquitoes are…
Bats against mosquitoes in the schoolyard
The students of La Farigola del Clot in Barcelona install nests to house bats “It’s a great idea. All schools should do it,” says biologist Tomás Ballesteros Cities like Barcelona,…
Do mosquitoes come to light or not?
The first mosquito bites have already been scored. So turn off the lights when the window is open? well, says a webpage from the Red Cross with facts and fables…