mosquito
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Health officials say mosquito season typically runs from June to October and the region is on track for one of its most severe West Nile virus seasons in recent memory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
The strong presence of mosquito remains also lends support to the idea that prey carcasses may sometimes have been stored in ponds or marshy environments, where mosquitoes would have laid their eggs.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
Only when they reviewed the images did the Grammatico twins realise they had captured a mosquito resting on the head of a fer-de-lance viper.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Also known as “breakbone fever” — the painful, debilitating disease, which can be fatal, is caused by a virus adapted to an invasive, African mosquito known as Aedes aegypti.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
You scratched at a mosquito bite on your elbow.
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
“Their lifespan is determined by humidity, so if you have humidity, the infected mosquitoes will live longer and infect more people.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Streets are clotted with uncollected mountains of garbage, which breed clouds of mosquitoes that spread dengue and other diseases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
The strong presence of mosquito remains also lends support to the idea that prey carcasses may sometimes have been stored in ponds or marshy environments, where mosquitoes would have laid their eggs.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
Traps have been installed at the airport and mosquitoes captured will be analysed in a laboratory to determine their species and origin.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
As the winds grew in ferocity and speed, the grains of sand began to sting like bites of mosquitoes and then like splinters.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
Those around him fell sick, exposed to relentless mosquitos.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
To avoid contracting West Nile virus, the CDC recommends reducing outside activities during the daytime, when mosquitos are most active.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2025
The region has also experienced outbreaks of malaria, exacerbated by the floods which leave pockets of standing water that act as breeding grounds for the mosquitos that carry the disease.
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2025
Fighting off mosquitos, she uses her hijab to cover her one-month-old baby.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2024
The flames cut the cool damp morning, crackled and did much to bring his spirits up, not to mention chasing away the incessant mosquitos.
From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen
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