A new study looks at how leaf litter in water influences the abundance of Culex pipiens mosquitoes, which can transmit West Nile virus to humans, domestic animals, birds and other wildlife.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A new study looks at how leaf litter in water influences the abundance of Culex pipiens mosquitoes, which can transmit West Nile virus to humans, domestic animals, birds and ...

Northwest Mosquito Abatement Assistant Director and Entomologist Patrick Irwin explains how one type of mosquito trap is meant to catch culex pipiens, a species of mosquito that can carry the West ...

The Culex pipiens is thriving in Alberta. Now experts are trying to figure out what that means, and what the implications are when it comes to the spread of the West Nile virus.

Pipiens female to oviposit, or lay eggs. Investigating the attractiveness and lethality of varying catch basin conditions to mosquitoes, researchers hypothesized that blackberry leaf litter could be ...

Local health agencies have already found virus-positive mosquitoes in Sacramento, Kern, Tulare, and Santa Clara counties, according to the California West Nile Virus program. No human cases have been ...

Entomologists reveal that every third night, a single female culex mosquito lays 100-300 eggs. Within 48 hours, the egg yields a larva that soon becomes a mosquito. The mosquito population ...

Earlier than predicted. In 2012, researchers predicted that between 2020 and 2080, Culex pipiens would be able to live in more northern climates due to both climate change and the bugs' ability to ...