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Tag: Journal of Medical Entomology

Overhead view looking into a cylindrical container with thousands of newly emerged mosquitoes.

New Study Improves Sterile Insect Technique for Mosquitoes

Researchers in Florida find that male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes live longer when irradiated as adults rather than pupae, an important advance in protocols for deploying the sterile insect technique to manage wild populations of disease-transmitting mosquitoes.

Closeup of an adult lone star tick, with head and mouthparts pointed to the right, on a mottled black background. The tick is rusty brown throughout its body except for a light yellowish brown spot in the center of its back.

Feeding Deer Corn With Tick-Control Drug Shows Promise in New Study

A proof-of-concept study shows the potential of feeding wild white-tailed deer corn treated with moxidectin, a derivative of ivermectin that eliminates ticks. Deer are key hosts in tick lifecycles, and systemic treatment could aid in reducing tick abundances. And, unlike ivermectin, moxidectin in deer meat may be safely consumed with no required delay.