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  1. How worried should we be about the invasive mosquitoes in the UK?

    Mosquitoes that can transmit infections like dengue, chikungunya and Zika virus have been found breeding in the UK.

    The UK Health Security Agency announced that the species had been detected at residential properties in east London. The fourth time it’s been discovered in the UK in recent years, and the first time it’s been found breeding.

    mediafaro.org/article/20260904

    #Mosquitoes #Health #Virus #ClimateChange #Science #Europe

  2. How worried should we be about the invasive mosquitoes in the UK?

    Mosquitoes that can transmit infections like dengue, chikungunya and Zika virus have been found breeding in the UK.

    The UK Health Security Agency announced that the species had been detected at residential properties in east London. The fourth time it’s been discovered in the UK in recent years, and the first time it’s been found breeding.

    mediafaro.org/article/20260904

    #Mosquitoes #Health #Virus #ClimateChange #Science #Europe

  3. How worried should we be about the invasive mosquitoes in the UK?

    Mosquitoes that can transmit infections like dengue, chikungunya and Zika virus have been found breeding in the UK.

    The UK Health Security Agency announced that the species had been detected at residential properties in east London. The fourth time it’s been discovered in the UK in recent years, and the first time it’s been found breeding.

    mediafaro.org/article/20260904

    #Mosquitoes #Health #Virus #ClimateChange #Science #Europe

  4. How worried should we be about the invasive mosquitoes in the UK?

    Mosquitoes that can transmit infections like dengue, chikungunya and Zika virus have been found breeding in the UK.

    The UK Health Security Agency announced that the species had been detected at residential properties in east London. The fourth time it’s been discovered in the UK in recent years, and the first time it’s been found breeding.

    mediafaro.org/article/20260904

    #Mosquitoes #Health #Virus #ClimateChange #Science #Europe

  5. How worried should we be about the invasive mosquitoes in the UK?

    Mosquitoes that can transmit infections like dengue, chikungunya and Zika virus have been found breeding in the UK.

    The UK Health Security Agency announced that the species had been detected at residential properties in east London. The fourth time it’s been discovered in the UK in recent years, and the first time it’s been found breeding.

    mediafaro.org/article/20260904

    #Mosquitoes #Health #Virus #ClimateChange #Science #Europe

  6. 🚀✨ Oh, joy! Another blog post about someone hauling a glorified tin can with glass through the wilderness, because everyone needs more reasons to avoid camping. 🤦‍♂️📡 Let's all pretend we're impressed by yet another DIY telescope, because nothing screams adventure like lugging around 10 pounds of "astronomy" while getting eaten alive by #mosquitoes. 🏕️🔭
    lucassifoni.info/blog/hiking-w #DIYtelescope #CampingFails #AstronomyHumor #OutdoorAdventures #HackerNews #ngated

  7. If you think mosquitoes are attracted to you from some reason, you might be on to something. Researchers have found that the pesky insects gravitate toward certain body odors while avoiding others. Axios tells us more, including some tips to avoid mosquito bites.
    axios.com/2023/06/04/why-mosqu
    #MosquitoBites #Mosquitoes #BugBites

  8. In a #replicated, #controlled #experiment on wild-caught #Culex spp. #mosquitoes, Thormeyer and Tseng (2023) found no effect of #microplastics at either high doses of at field-relevant doses.

    Quote: “Overall, our results showed that doses of 200 or 20,000 #particles per ml of 4.8–5.8 μm polystyrene beads had no effect on the #body #size, #development, or #growth #rate of Cx #pipiens or Cx #tarsalis.”

    Paper 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjad014

    Explainer 🔗 entomologytoday.org/2023/03/02

  9. @bouyer_jeremy & team @Cirad have developed drones to drop #sterilised male #mosquitoes into local populations aiming to reduce mosquito-borne disease. 🦟

    Read more about this technique.👉 bit.ly/3Snrr6V

    @CORDIS_EU #virology #entomology #robotics

    🐦🔗: n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/