Posts Tagged: Culex pipiens

Megan Meuti's Way of Tricking Mosquitoes Into Not Biting You

You could say that entomologist Megan Meuti of The Ohio State University (OSU) messes with mosquitoes' circadian clocks. She's...

An illustration from Megan Meuti's presentation.

An illustration from Megan Meuti's presentation.

Skeeters in the Gift Shop

Mosquitoes have their place. Fossil records confirm that mosquitoes existed at least 200 million years ago.  Today we know that they are...

Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, with an educational stuffed toy animal, a Culex pipiens. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, with an educational stuffed toy animal, a Culex pipiens. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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