Posts Tagged: mosquito
Invasive Pest Spotlight: West Nile Virus
The invasive pest spotlight focuses on emerging or potential invasive pests in California. In this...
Taylor Kelly's Exit Seminar: Targeting Yellow Fever Mosquito and Pyrethroid Resistance
Remember back in 2013 when scientists verified the reintroduction of the yellow fever...
The yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti. (Photo courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Doctoral Candidate Lindsey Mack: Zeroing in on the Yellow Fever Mosquito
Doctoral candidate Lindsey Mack of the lab of medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey...
Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito. (Photo courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Those Goofy-Looking Cartoon Characters Called Crane Flies
Back in April of 2021, we wrote: "They're out there, and you don't have to crane your neck to see...
A crane fly resting in a Spanish lavender bed in Vacaville, Calif. Crane flies are sometimes called "mosquito eaters," but they do not eat mosquitoes. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The “Mosquito Eater” Myth
Lately you may have seen some large, leggy insects bumbling around on your home, bouncing off walls...