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.

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 The ...

Why is Aedes aegypti so dangerous? There are a lot of mosquito species in the world — around 3,500, according to the CDC.

The Aedes aegypti mosquito has been trapped 77 times since late July in Jackson County.

Santa Clara County is moving to a day-time, wide area larvicide spraying method to target Aedes aegypti mosquito larvae.

Officials believe the invasive Aedes aegypti mosquito arrived in Saginaw County on boats or equipment transported from southern states where the species is more common.

Also known as yellow fever mosquitoes, the Aedes aegypti are small and black, carrying white stripes on their backs and legs. They were first found in Ventura County in 2020. Calls about their ...

Santa Clara County officials are warning about the detection of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, a day-biting pest that can transmit multiple diseases.

The hope is that ultimately the native Aedes aegypti mosquito population will be made up of individuals infected with the bacterium.

But the study conducted from 2021 to 2023 on adaptation of Aedes aegypti mosquito larvae in sewage, sea, brackish and drain water found that Aedes aegypti mosquitoes can breed in different types ...

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are primarily responsible for the transmission of dengue, zika, and chikungunya viruses.

When the male Wolbachia-carrying Aedes aegypti mosquitoes mate with urban female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that do not carry Wolbachia, their resulting eggs do not hatch.