mosquito
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Military-grade mosquito spray, with its odor of kerosene and bad cheese, perfumed the air.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
The push to green our cities amid warming temperatures due to climate change has also created new mosquito habitats.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
The U.S. imported millions of used tires in the 1970s and ’80s, largely from countries where the mosquito is indigenous.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
The threat of mosquito-borne disease is increasing in the U.S. as invasive mosquito species expand their range across the country and their seasonal populations last longer and grow larger during global warming.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
It was pretty quiet except for a sudden burst of canned laughter from the neighbor’s TV and the occasional buzzing from an annoying mosquito.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
The fact that Aedes mosquitoes keep showing up in new locales does not necessarily mean those places will go on to experience disease outbreaks.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
Additional Aedes albopictus mosquitoes arrived via the used tire trade.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
They collect heat and organic matter, which mosquitoes feed on during their larval stage, and are almost impossible to empty once water pools inside.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
But when humans began living in villages and towns on the outskirts of those forests, some mosquitoes found the water stored in containers in human settlements a more attractive breeding ground.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
The ground was swampy, with buzzing mosquitoes everywhere.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
Those around him fell sick, exposed to relentless mosquitos.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
This method, known as the Sterile Insect Technique, has been in use for many years to control a variety of insect populations, including fruit flies and mosquitos.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 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
Florida, Texas and other temperate — but not tropical — Southern states were previously too cold for these mosquitos to thrive.
From Salon ● May 23, 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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