Female Aedes aegypti commonly lay eggs on the inner walls of artificial containers. When the containers fill with water, mosquito larvae hatch from the eggs. After developing through four larval ...

Environmental management approaches involve eliminating the container habitats in which Aedes aegypti lay their eggs. Chemical control involves the use of insecticides to kill immature or adult ...

Mosquito larvae grow faster if they're exposed to particular bacteria, according to a new study that could help global health ...

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, carriers of many devastating diseases ... could be serving as a defensive symbiotic for the developing larvae.” She says that such mutualistic relationships have been seen ...

After the eggs hatch, the larvae develop over days or weeks ... In short, dengue mosquitoes, also known as Aedes aegypti, are small, dark, and about 4–7 mm long. The females are usually slightly ...