Mosquitoes might be smarter than we think, and that could make getting rid of them and the diseases they carry even more difficult, according to new research.
MORE: Invasive species of mosquito that could transmit diseases from animals to people found in Florida In addition, the survival rate of pre-exposed mosquitoes was more than double that of mosquitoes that had not been pre-exposed.A municipal worker fumigates in a market area as a preventive measure against mosquito-bite-born diseases in Dhaka, India, on Jan. 4, 2022.
Pre-exposed mosquitoes were also more likely to rest in a container that smelled of a control substance, rather than in a container that smelled of a pesticide, the researchers found.Pesticide resistance has increased among mosquitoes in recent decades, but the extent to which has been unclear until now.
I swear, mosquitoes know when I am watching them, or waiting for them to land.
FJB