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The Mosquito or Mosquito alarm is a machine used to deter loitering by emitting sound at high frequency. In some versions, it is intentionally tuned to be heard primarily by younger people. Nicknamed "Mosquito" for the buzzing sound it plays, the device is marketed as a safety and security tool for preventing youths from congregating in ...
Since the virus—that is spread through the bite of an infected mosquito—was first identified in Massachusetts in 1938, just over 115 cases have occurred. Furthermore, outbreaks of EEE usually ...
State Sen. Steve McClure, R-Springfield, sponsored SB 3342, which requires 24-hour notice before state or local governments apply a pesticide to a public right-of-way.
Bret Barner, a laboratory technician with the Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito & Vector Control District, places a trap for mosquitoes at Seymour Park in the Pocket neighborhood on July 18, 2018.
Mosquito Alert is a cooperative citizen science project, currently run as a non-profit and coordinated by four public research centers in Spain. [1] The aim of the project is to study, monitor, and fight the spread of invasive mosquitoes transmitting global diseases such as dengue , Zika , Chikungunya or West Nile fever .
Culex malariager mosquito infected with the malarial parasite Plasmodium dominicana, in Dominican amber of Miocene age, 15–20 million years ago [84] A 2023 study suggested that Libanoculex intermedius found in Lebanese amber, dating to the Barremian age of the Early Cretaceous, around 125 million years ago was the oldest known mosquito. [85]
Ultrasound avoidance is an escape or avoidance reflex displayed by certain animal species that are preyed upon by echolocating predators. [1] Ultrasound avoidance is known for several groups of insects that have independently evolved mechanisms for ultrasonic hearing.
Late summer is peak mosquito season. Exactly 25 years ago, West Nile first appeared in the Western Hemisphere in New York City before it spread across North America. Public health officials have ...