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The fluorescent red mozzies that could protect us from other blood-hungry biters
Floods and heatwaves are fanning a spike in mosquito-borne disease with one aggressive species threatening to invade Australia.
- by Angus Dalton
Opinion
Summer in Sydney
The single most annoying sound of summer
The arrival of pleasant weather brings with it a far more sinister reality: the annual war against mosquitoes.
- by Thomas Mitchell
The colours you should avoid wearing if you’re a mosquito magnet
As mosquito season begins, we ask: why do the little blighters terrorise some and spare others? It could be down to your outfit.
- by Angus Dalton
A female mosquito feeding
A cocktail of skin odours and carbon dioxide attract mosquitoes to their feasting grounds.
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Why one area of Sydney has been swarming with mosquitoes
The mosquito numbers in south-west Sydney are two to three times higher than usual, while the rest of the city is just dealing with a regular spring surge.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
