Giant mosquitoes flourish in floodwaters that hurricanes leave behind
- Written by Michael Reiskind, Assistant Professor of Entomology, North Carolina State University
An inch-long bloodsucker on the hunt for a meal.Ben Seese/Flickr, CC BY-NC-NDAfter Hurricane Florence, reports started rolling in of “giant mosquito” sightings – and bitings – throughout North Carolina. What’s going on with these mega mosquitoes that can be as big as a quarter?
As a mosquito biologist, I often get...
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