When it comes to summertime pests, mosquitoes are public enemy number one. But why do mosquitoes bite us? Why do their bites ...

To lower nuisance populations and reduce disease transmission, the district has a new project that sterilizes small male ...

The skin bumps are the body's reaction to the mosquito's saliva. While it's sucking blood, some of its secretions get mixed in. Only female mosquitoes bite. They need a blood meal to produce eggs. The ...

Ava scratched a mosquito bite after being bitten at her campsite. (Representative pic) A 9-year-old Australian girl was temporarily unable to walk and hospitalised for days after she scratched an ...

A video is going viral on social media in which a mosquito sitting on a man's wrist is trying to bite him, but it is unable to do so. Netizens enjoys the video makes fun of the insect and calls him a ...

OC Vector hopes that by utilizing a sterile insect technique that the sterilized males will outcompete the non-sterilized ...

After a mosquito bite led to a severe infection, a nine-year-old girl from Australia spent days in the hospital A mosquito bite can be the most harmless thing when outdoors, but for one Australian ...

Mosquito season has arrived in Southern California. That means more mosquitoes will be flying around looking for someone to ...

Even one bite from an infected mosquito can be fatal — it’s not about the number of bites, but whether the mosquito is carrying a pathogen, she said. Story continues below this ad Dr Suchismitha ...

Male horseflies do not bite but instead ... red symmetrical weal Pinkish or red discoloration on the surrounding skin (usually a larger area than that of a mosquito bite) Tenderness to the touch ...

The Bug Bite Thing’s effectiveness makes sense when you break down the mechanics of mosquito bites. “When mosquitoes bite, some of their saliva enters the skin,” explained New Jersey-based ...