Mosquitoes may be smarter than we think, and that could make getting rid of them and the diseases they carry even more difficult, according to new research.
Mosquitoes might be smarter than we think, and that could make getting rid of them and the diseases they carry even more difficult, according to new research.
MORE: Invasive species of mosquito that could transmit diseases from animals to people found in Florida In addition, the survival rate of pre-exposed mosquitoes was more than double that of mosquitoes that had not been pre-exposed.A municipal worker fumigates in a market area as a preventive measure against mosquito-bite-born diseases in Dhaka, India, on Jan. 4, 2022.
Pre-exposed mosquitoes were also more likely to rest in a container that smelled of a control substance, rather than in a container that smelled of a pesticide, the researchers found.Pesticide resistance has increased among mosquitoes in recent decades, but the extent to which has been unclear until now.