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How pesticides can increase mosquito numbers
The blood suckers evolve resistance, but their predators don't, according to a new study in Costa RicaBy Jake BuehlerPUBLISHED MAY 31, 2019INSECTICIDES IN AT least one area are not only failing to control mosquitoes, new research suggests, they’re actually allowing the blood-sucking pests to thrive—by killing off their predators.The study, published this month in the journal Oecologia, reveals a new wrinkle in how insecticides may be impacting ecosystems. Mosquitoes in the study area in Costa Ri
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7th Jun 2019