The wind carries them away, but the standing water left in a hurricane’s wake is a mosquito’s favorite place to reproduce Living in an area prone to hurricanes invites a delayed reaction that can cause problems beyond the damage caused by a storm. The standing water left behind after a hurricane blows through becomes the…
See how far we’ve come and what’s in store for the future Every August 20th is World Mosquito Day, but don’t let the name fool you; this is not a day to celebrate mosquitos. Instead, it’s a commemoration of a momentous mosquito discovery. It was on August 20, 1897, that the British doctor Sir Ronald…
Global warming may not be good for us, but it could be great for mosquitos Although global warming (more accurately, anthropogenic climate change) is still a heated debate (no pun intended) – at least in terms of exactly how fast it will have an impact – one thing is clear: Warmer temperatures are great for…
Ranking the species by the threat Most mosquitos are harmless. That may not be a popular sentiment around these parts, but it’s true. Of the 3,500 different kinds of mosquitos, only about 100 of them actually spread disease. And because it’s only the females that bite people, half of that 100 can immediately be discounted.…