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Mosquitoes learn to avoid pesticides after just one non-lethal dose

17 February 2022

Experiments show that two species of mosquitoes change their behaviour after exposure to five common pesticides, which could make the chemicals less effective
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Malaria parasite makes mosquitoes more likely to suck your blood

1 November 2017

The malaria parasite appears to alter mosquitoes’ feeding behaviour to steer the vector towards a human host

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