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 ...

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 ...

Other live predators — such as dragonflies, small aquatic turtles, and beetle larvae — have also been shown to be effective in killing Aedes aegypti. New genetic approaches are also being ...