Compton Creek Mosquito Abatement District

"The feared GMO mosquitoes are not going away. Opponents of the technology fear the date of the release in the Florida Keys is getting closer, and they are not ready for the possible repercussions of the experiment." https://www.local10.com//despite-some-opposition-florida-/

Scientists in India and the US discovered 29 genes in malaria-causing mosquitoes that make the mosquito resistant to insecticides. This discovery could help us in our efforts to curb these deadly insects. https://theprint.in//this-discovery-of-29-new-mosq/613645/

This is frightening - glad we don't have to deal with this reality in Los Angeles. "A video tweeted by Twitter user @FMLaMarea shows footage from Argentina of what looks like your average group of little baby tornados, sweeping across a highway, but they're not. They are not dust devils at all. They are mosquitoes. A literal tornado of mosquitoes, swarming in funnels all across the road." https://knue.com/video-west-texas-has-dirt-devils-but-have/

Fascinating article - "Humans and mosquitos have co-evolved. And we share the equal desire to prey on the other. Each year, more than a million people die of mosquito-related diseases." https://www.thedailystar.net//the-mosquito-and-the-ear-205

#science "By combining genetic data from the mosquitoes and environmental data from satellites, the authors mapped 'landscape connectivity' -- defined as how a landscape facilitates the movements of organisms and their genes across large areas." https://www.sciencedaily.com/releas/2021//210224100858.htm

"Spanish scientists conduct the most complete study to date of the feeding patterns of the tiger mosquito in Europe and other Aedes species. Not surprisingly, human blood represents 93% of the blood meals of Aedes aegypti, the mosquito responsible for yellow fever." Stay safe out there - Aedes aegypti is also here in Compton and is the primary vector for Zika in California!... https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_re/2021-02/uog-ncs022321.php