Blog posts tagged with mosquito

Does pesticide resistance make malaria mosquitoes “smarter”?
19 Nov animal behavior research Other (Animal)

Does pesticide resistance make malaria mosquitoes “smarter”?

In one of my previous blog posts, I wrote about the success of insecticide treated bed nets in preventing malaria. In the past five years, mortality from malaria has dropped with 60%.
Smelly feet and heat – how malaria mosquitoes find their hosts
13 Oct animal behavior research Other (Animal)

Smelly feet and heat – how malaria mosquitoes find their hosts

It seems that mosquitoes use human body odor to locate suitable hosts, and different people smell differently to mosquitoes.