Scientists with the Agricultural Research Service have shown that seed meal from plants in the mustard family can kill mosquito larvae, which start their lives in stagnant water before emerging into ...

Mosquito larvae grow faster if they're exposed to particular bacteria, according to a new study that could help global health programs. Mosquito larvae grow faster if they're exposed to particular ...

How do mosquito larvae catch their prey? By using their heads. In attacks that are too swift to be seen with the naked eye, predatory aquatic larvae, which measure about 0.75 inch (2 centimeters) long ...

PITTSFIELD — Wading through water and calf-deep muck in a wetland at Brattle Brook Park, Chris Horton is waging his yearly fight. Back in the woods and away from the sounds of cars and buzzing ...

MINNEAPOLIS — The first mosquito larva of the year in Minnesota has already been found, but experts aren't expecting a surge in adult mosquitoes anytime soon. According to the Metropolitan Mosquito ...

A mosquito larva launches its head to capture prey dangled in front of it. Hancock et al. via Annals of the Entomological Society of America Scientists have long known that predatory mosquito larvae ...