With mosquitoes, chiggers and no-see-ums out and biting people this summer, here's how to tell the difference between the ...

"It’s important to note that only female mosquitoes feed on blood and only to breed. They are attracted to CO2 and the lactic ...

Female mosquitoes lay eggs on or near still bodies of water. To confirm this, we offered two unoccupied breeding sites to females seeking a place to lay. However, we increased CO₂ levels around one of ...

Female mosquitoes need a blood meal for their eggs to develop. First, the female mosquito must find its host. It can be quite selective. For example the Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito feeds ...

When female mosquitoes are looking for a blood meal, they fly toward the odor of CO₂, which all vertebrate animals exhale and release through their skin. After feeding, ...

Only the female mosquito feeds on blood. Males feed on plant nectar, which they convert to energy for flight. Blood-feeding is an incredibly important part of the mosquito’s reproductive cycle.

Scientists have known for about 70 years that there was a gene which controls a mosquito’s sex, but no one was able to find it, according to lead author Zhijian Jake Tu, a professor of ...

Why do mosquito bites itch? When a female mosquito bites you and sucks your blood, it leaves behind saliva in your bloodstream. Your body reacts to this saliva secretion as an allergen, causing ...