Genetic analysis suggests a form of mosquito found in urban subway systems evolved in the Middle East thousands of years ago ...

The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 87, No. 1 (Mar., 2004), pp. 1-5 (5 pages) Females of four common Culex (Culex) species from Florida were analyzed for isoenzymes using polyacryamide gel electrophoresis.

F or decades, Culex pipiens f. molestus was called the “London Underground Mosquito”. Most people, including scientists, believed molestus rapidly evolved from an existing species in northern ...

Published in Nature, the team describe the difficulty of filming Culex Mosquitos which flap their wings through an arc of around 40 degrees at a rate of nearly 800 beats per second, 4 times faster ...

In this new effort, the research team set out to learn more about the evolutionary history of the mosquito, which is formally known as Culex pipiens f. molestus. By collecting hundreds of samples ...

Experts warn that without immediate intervention, the Culex mosquito population will keep increasing until March. For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. They also ...