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Study: Mosquitoes species are attracted and repelled by light at different times of day – News-Medical.net
In a new study, researchers found that night- versus day-biting species of mosquitoes are behaviorally attracted and repelled by different colors of light at different times of day.
In a new study, researchers found that night- versus day-biting species of mosquitoes are behaviorally attracted and repelled by different colors of light at different times of day.
Mosquitoes are among major disease vectors impacting humans and animals around the world and the findings have important implications for using light to control them.
The University of California, Irvine School of Medicine-led team studied mosquito species that bite in the daytime (Aedes aegypti, aka the Yellow Fev…
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