Mosquitoes learn to avoid pesticides after one nonlethal dose

Mosquitoes can learn to avoid pesticides after one influence, and it means that modern pesticides can be not so effective as we thought, against these insects. Research is published in edition "Scientific Reports". Million people a year catch the diseases transferred by mosquitoes, such as Zeke's malaria, tenge and fever of the Western Nile. Pesticides are widespread means of fight against populations of mosquitoes, but over time insects become more and more steady against them. This stability arises under the influence of a number of factors, including biological changes in...