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London Underground mosquito's origins traced to ancient Egypt
25 Oct 2025 11:09 GMT
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A mosquito long thought to have … "London Underground mosquito" - Culex pipiens form molestus … DNA from hundreds of mosquito samples, including historical specimens … the findings prove the mosquito’s evolution happened long …
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Engineered Sweet-Smelling Fungus Lures Mosquitoes to Their Death
24 Oct 2025 20:45 GMT
… and mycoinsecticide, effectively eliminating mosquitoes.”
Mosquitoes are the most dangerous animals … perfume to attract mosquitoes. “The virulent mosquito pathogen Metarhizium pingshaense … albopictus, Anopheles sinensis, and Culex pipiens.
St. Leger noted …
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What is Rift Valley fever? The viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes
24 Oct 2025 16:44 GMT
… mosquito species can transmit the Rift Valley fever virus, including Aedes, Culex … , Anopheles and Mansonia species. Mosquitoes become infected when … through their bites. In Aedes mosquitoes, vertical transmission – from infected …
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Engineered Metarhizium Fungi Lure and Kill Mosquitoes
24 Oct 2025 14:21 GMT
… volatiles that inadvertently attract mosquitoes, suggesting an intriguing ecological … mosquitoes across several vector species, including Aedes albopictus, Anopheles sinensis, and Culex … observed competition from natural mosquito-attracting flowering plants. …
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Rethinking the evolutionary history of human-biting mosquitoes
24 Oct 2025 13:37 GMT
… that the human-biting mosquito, Culex pipiens form molestus,evolved … journal Science.
This enigmatic mosquito became famous during WWII … sequences from hundreds of mosquitoes supports a very different … samples of the two mosquito forms that represented both …
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New study debunks myth of the ‘London Underground mosquito’
24 Oct 2025 09:47 GMT
… Underground mosquito” hypothesis rigorously started in 2018. “We literally googled Culex … the researchers analyzed 357 contemporary mosquitoes and 22 historical specimens, and … , showed that the underground mosquitoes in London were genetically distinct …
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Global study maps how trade and travel fuel the worldwide spread of disease-carrying mosquitoes
23 Oct 2025 23:33 GMT
… reveals how non-native mosquito vectors are hitchhiking across … (Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus, Culex quinquefasciatus); widespread invaders spanning many … example, Aedes japonicus, Culex pipiens sensu stricto, Culex tritaeniorhynchus); medium-range …
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Researchers trace the ancient origins of an urban mosquito species
23 Oct 2025 19:26 GMT
… ancient origins of an urban mosquito species, Culex pipiens form molestus, also … believed that the human-biting mosquito, Culex pipiens form molestus, evolved from … evolution of the mosquitoes.
The team disproved the theory that Culex pipiens form …
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Subway mosquitoes evolved millennia ago in ancient Mediterranean cities
23 Oct 2025 18:30 GMT
… 23 Science.
The northern house mosquito (Culex pipiens) typically bites birds. But … scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
The mosquitoes were first recognized during World … historical records of molestus-like mosquitoes in the Mediterranean suggested …
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First West Nile virus death confirmed in L.A. County, as studies show that drought conditions may increase risk
25 Oct 2025 01:32 GMT
… illness caused by the mosquito-borne virus. In Southern … number of species within the Culex mosquito genus, which is a … drought conditions reduced overall mosquito populations and standing bodies … of standing water (where mosquitos tend to breed), installing …