Sentences with phrase «tiger mosquitoes as»
MosquitoMate has applied to the Environmental Protection Agency for approval to sell booby - trapped tiger mosquitoes as a biopesticide in the United States.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved using a strain of male Asian tiger mosquitoes (Aedes albopictus) as a biopesticide in the District of Columbia and 20 states, including California and New York.
The Asian tiger mosquito — carrier of such diseases as dengue, yellow fever, Rift Valley fever, Chikungunya and Zika — appears to have vanished from Palmyra.
Since the Aedes albopictus mosquito, also known as Asian tiger mosquito, has now reached southern Europe and the USA, we are faced with further spreading of the virus.
The primary target for MosquitoMate is the Asian tiger mosquito and as the name suggests, it is an introduced pest.
Mosquitoes such as the Asian tiger historically have been much more than a nuisance, transmitting diseases to humans.
Prof. Beierkuhnlein's research group specializes in the analysis of factors that facilitate the spread of insects such as the Asian tiger mosquito, which not only carries the Chikungunya virus, but also the dreaded dengue fever.
Catnip is ten times more effective than DEET at repelling mosquitoes Some insects also contain Nepetalactone which may protect them from other insects Large cats such as tigers can also enjoy a little catnip There are 250 species in the mint family Labiatae, only one causes this response in cats Cats can smell very small amounts of catnip in the air, only 1 part per billion