So why does our body react and itch after being bitten ... It's not the stabbing of our skin by the mosquito's mouth parts that hurts, it's the mozzie spit our bodies don't like.

As well as an ability to detect body heat and movement, mosquitoes have an excellent sense of smell, and since we give off hundreds of different chemicals as part of our body odour, it’s not ...

They lay their eggs on moist surfaces near water. As the mosquito matures, you can tell it apart by looking at its body parts ...

Wolbachia doesn't harm the mosquito, but it camps out in the same parts of its body that the dengue virus needs to get into. The bacteria compete for resources and make it much harder for dengue ...

Imagine a sweaty man sitting in the middle of a forest with a cloud of mosquitoes around his head,' says Gil. 'These mosquitoes often look for body parts that stick out like your knuckles, nose or ...

Using insect repellent and covering up can help protect against mosquito bites Mosquitoes that carry viruses like dengue and chikungunya have moved into new parts ... most of the body using ...