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[3] The education center opened in 2024 and is operated by the Anastasia Mosquito Control District, which is a special district funded by the taxpayers of St. Johns County, Florida. [4] It cost $4.5 million to build and is 6,000 square feet. [5]
Mosquito control manages the population of mosquitoes to reduce their damage to human health, economies, and enjoyment. Mosquito control is a vital public-health practice throughout the world and especially in the tropics because mosquitoes spread many diseases, such as malaria and the Zika virus.
The C-34 Mosquito Impoundment Project was a collaboration in the Thousand Islands during the 1970s between Brevard County Mosquito Control, The Florida Medical Entomological Laboratory, and NASA. [1] This project was conducted to test the ability of remote sensing to detect flooding stress in mangroves during flooding for mosquito control .
Mosquito control agencies in Southern California are desperate to tamp down an invasive mosquito — called Aedes aegypti — that has exploded in recent years. Itchy, unhappy residents are ...
Anopheles claviger is a mosquito species found in Palearctic realm covering Europe, North Africa, northern Arabian Peninsula, and northern Asia. It is responsible for transmitting malaria in some of these regions. [1] [2] [3] The mosquito is made up of a species complex consisting of An. claviger sensu stricto and An. petragnani Del Vecchio.
A newly discovered asteroid named 2024 YR4 now has a 2.2% chance of affecting Earth in 2032 after recent observations.
Oxitec was founded in 2002 as Oxford Insect Technologies in the United Kingdom by Luke Alphey and David Kelly, working with Oxford University's Isis Innovation technology transfer company. [3] In August 2015, Oxitec was purchased by U.S.-based Intrexon for $160 million, [4] [5] [6] and by US-based Third Security in early 2020. [7]
Metofluthrin is a pyrethroid used as an insect repellent. [1] The vapors of metofluthrin are highly effective and capable of repelling up to 97% of mosquitoes in field tests. [2]