Fall's cooler temperatures and shorter days reduce mosquito activity, but they persist in different life stages until spring.

A mosquito larva entombed in amber for about 99 million years is now the oldest known of its kind, according to a new study. The fossil comes from Kachin in northern Myanmar and likely formed when ...

A fossilised mosquito larva dating back 99 million years has been discovered trapped in amber, offering an extraordinary look into life during the time of Tyrannosaurus rex. The finding, which ...

The world’s oldest known mosquito larva from when the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex roamed the earth has been discovered trapped in a piece of amber in what scientists described as a “rare stroke of luck”.

An "excellently preserved" fossil of mosquito larva has been found by scientists in Myanmar, in southeast Asia. It's thought to be from the Cretaceous era, which means it could be around 99 million ...

Researchers from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) identified the larva as a new species and genus, naming it Cretosabethes primaevus. Unlike earlier fossil finds, which often feature ...