Female Aedes aegypti commonly lay eggs on the inner walls of artificial containers. When the containers fill with water, mosquito larvae hatch from the eggs. After developing through four larval ...

Mosquito larvae grow faster if they're exposed to particular bacteria, according to a new study that could help global health ...

As millions have started to leave Dhaka ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations, experts have raised concerns over a potential ...

For their experiments, Couper and her team used the mosquito Aedes sierrensis, a common pest in western North America that spreads heartworms to dogs. They collected mosquito larvae from various tree ...

Other live predators — such as dragonflies, small aquatic turtles, and beetle larvae — have also been shown to be effective in killing Aedes aegypti. New genetic approaches are also being ...

PETALING JAYA: It’s been raining in the Klang Valley, and there have been hot spells in between – and that’s the perfect climate for the hatching of Aedes mosquito larvae, say experts.

So far, 3,561 operations have been carried out since December, following the detection of a “very high abundance of larvae” of Aedes albifasciatus in green spaces and the presence of adult ...