There are nearly 200 types of mosquitoes in the U.S., but one of them -- Aedes aegypti -- has been making headlines for transmitting Zika virus more frequently than any of the others have so far.

Why is Aedes aegypti so dangerous?. There are a lot of mosquito species in the world — around 3,500, according to the CDC. The genus Aedes includes mosquitoes responsible for spreading a lot of ...

Of all the mosquito species that populate the planet, few have proved themselves more resilient or more deadly to humans than the Aedes aegypti. The epidemics fueled by this tiny mosquito stretch ...

Female Aedes aegypti commonly lay eggs on the inner walls of artificial containers. When the containers fill with water, mosquito larvae hatch from the eggs. After developing through four larval ...

While the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes have been found in Southern California, this marks the first time the mosquito has been found in Long Beach, Calif.

FILE - This 2006 file photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a female Aedes aegypti mosquito in the process of acquiring a blood meal from a human host.

The Aedes aegypti mosquito only lives up to 10 days, making it possible, in theory, to replace an entire population of them with a new, doomed (genetically modified) generation relatively quickly.

Every year, as many as 400 million people are infected with life-threatening diseases by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. It wasn’t always so dangerous.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- The Aedes aegypti mosquito was first found in Santa Clara County in 2022, when two were located in North San Jose. Now, the species is back and there's real concern over ...

So both Aedes aegypti, Zika’s Most Wanted, and Aedes albopictus, the sidekick, are seriously hard to fight. And Congress hasn’t funded that fight, which puts the U.S. at a disadvantage.

Aedes aegypti mosquitos are known to carry several diseases, including Zika virus, yellow fever, dengue and chikungunya. They become infected after biting a human with the virus and then spread it ...

The Aedes Aegypti mosquito doesn’t remain alive through the winter season in the egg stage due to the cold weather. Biting behaviour The Aedes Aegypti mosquito bites primarily during the day.