Cinnamon does more than just spice up your food. In oil form, it can kill off mosquito eggs and repel adult mosquitoes. Mix a few drops of cinnamon oil with water to make a DIY bug spray. The strong ...

I slapped it off. A rivulet of blood flowed down my leg. Like mosquitoes, horse flies subsist on a diet of blood. But rather than piercing skin with a needle-like proboscis like mosquitoes ...

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These severe mosquito bite allergy symptoms typically occur within minutes after a mosquito bite, but they can take hours to appear. When the mosquito feeds, it pierces your skin with its needle-like ...

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The new designs can fly 100 times longer than previous versions ... like assisted pollination.” Insect-sized drones needed considerable improvement on previous designs, the team acknowledged ...

Mr Anderson Obeng Amoako, Ada-East District Malaria Focal Person, has warned the public against using malaria nets for fishing and covering of food since it can contaminate the food. Mr Amoako ...

DRIED and crumpled leaves that are not swept away can collect rainwater, providing breeding ground for Aedes mosquitoes, Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ) warns. MPAJ Health Department ...

Once thought to have evolved inside the Tube network, a tunnel-dwelling mosquito might actually have emerged thousands of ...

To narrow the search for the best bug spray money can buy, our experts at CNET have tested over 20 wipes, lotions, sprays and DEET-free insect repellents from different brands to see which is the ...

An insect-inspired robot that only weighs as much as a raisin can perform acrobatics and fly for much longer than any previous insect-sized drone without falling apart. For tiny flying robots to ...