Education, Mosquito Management Programs, and Cooperation Needed to Stop Zika, Dengue, and Chikungunya
The Entomological Society of America (ESA) and Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil (SEB) held a Summit in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil on 13 March, 2016 to discuss the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which […]
46 Million-Year-Old Blood Meal Found in Fossilized Mosquito
In an article called “Hemoglobin-derived porphyrins preserved in a Middle Eocene blood-engorged mosquito” in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the authors describe “the fossil of a blood-engorged mosquito […]
US Army Launches Website About Permethrin-Treated Uniforms
Throughout history, more soldiers have died from insects than from bullets or bombs, since insects like mosquitoes and lice can vector diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, or typhus. To […]
A Genetically Modified Insect May be Field Tested in Europe
Oxitec, a British ag-biotech company, has applied to Spanish regulatory authorities for permission to carry out a netted field evaluation of its genetically-modified olive fly strain. If approved, the study […]