Deadly genetically modified mosquitoes that glow fluorescent red ... Only female mosquitoes bite and drink blood.Credit: That’s why Oxitec, which grew out of Oxford University, has developed ...
The disease, which is spread when female mosquitoes drink blood, kills more than 400,000 ... had to land on the sheets to be exposed to the deadly fungus. The researchers started the experiments ...
And a late spring deluge across the eastern seaboard last week means there are plenty of blood ... months of mosquito season.” In NSW and Victoria, mosquitoes are more pesky than dangerous.