The summerlike temperatures this week come with a bit of a downside: they create better conditions for mosquito larvae. The Metropolitan Mosquito Control District (MMCD) said Monday that it officially ...

A sign outside the front door welcomed people to grandma and grandpa’s house (“admission – one hug each”), a happy beehive thrummed in the trunk of the big camphor tree, and the whole tranquil scene ...

Helicopters will be out Friday and throughout the next few weeks as treatments are applied in the Twin Cities metro area to help control the mosquito larvae population. The treatment is applied as ...

World’s earliest known mosquito larva found trapped in 99-million-year-old amber - Finding indicates extinct forms of ...

Can cannabidiol (CBD) be used to counter insecticide resistance, specifically for mosquitoes? This is what a recent study published in Insects hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated ...

A mosquito larva entombed in amber for about 99 million years is now the oldest known of its kind, according to a new study. The fossil comes from Kachin in northern Myanmar and likely formed when ...

MINNEAPOLIS — April showers bring May flowers, but they also bring mosquitoes. The buzzing, bites and bumps are back. “We found our first larva at the end of February, we usually don’t have it till ...

Sounds of a Minnesota summer: the echo of loons, a sizzling grill, a crackling bonfire — and the smacking noise of friends fending off determined mosquitoes. I doubt there is a creature more loathed ...