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Crystals are the building blocks that make up many over-the-counter and prescription drugs, insecticides to fight mosquitoes, explosives such as TNT, semiconductors, and light-emitting technologies used in television screens and cell phones.

The researchers did an experiment, altering a genetic pathway that male mosquitoes use for this hearing.

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The spider has developed a special sense that allows it to detect blood and will choose small, blood-filled mosquitoes over larger ones that don't contain the red stuff.

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Malaria is caused by a complex parasite which is spread by mosquito bites.

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Sustained spread of dengue in a neighborhood occurs when infected mosquitoes bite and spread it to people, who are then bitten by other mosquitoes.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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