A large international team of researchers has discovered that the mosquitoes that live in London's underground subway evolved ...

For decades, Culex pipiens f. molestus was called the “London Underground Mosquito”. Most people, including scientists, ...

It is transmitted principally by Culex mosquitoes. Birds are the reservoir for the virus and mosquitoes acquire the virus when they feed on infected birds. Depending on the strain of the virus and the ...

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

Culex molestus, the London Underground mosquito, has been extensively studied as an example of people driving the evolution and emergence of new species. The mosquito has in recent years come to ...

Aedes aegypti are aggressive daytime biters. Culex quinquefasciatus, the most-trapped mosquito species in the area and the variety that spreads West Nile, feed on birds and humans usually at twilight.

UC postdoctoral researcher Christopher Holmes led a study examining how two species of mosquito ... coauthor Oluwaseun Ajayi said mosquitoes in the genus Culex, which are found around the world ...

Likewise, UC postdoctoral fellow and study co-author Oluwaseun Ajayi said mosquitoes such as the species Culex, which is found around the world, can tolerate cold temperatures, too. "They have the ...

Faced with a new mosquito species that could transmit disease in Minnesota, state health and mosquito control officials are urging residents to rid their property of water-holding containers. The ...

The Culex tarsalis mosquito is the primary vector of WNV to ... Mosquito control programs in the past were mainly conducted to reduce the nuisance causing mosquito species. Many Wyoming towns had no ...