Mosquitoes Are Adapting , To Avoid Pesticides, Study Shows.<br />Mosquitoes Are Adapting , To Avoid Pesticides, Study Shows.<br />ABC News reports mosquitoes could be more intelligent than we give them credit.<br />A recent study of two species of mosquitoes known as Aedes aegypti <br />and Culex quinquefasciatus... .<br />... found that females had adapted to <br />avoid pesticides, considering they <br />survived initial exposure.<br />... found that females had adapted to <br />avoid pesticides, considering they <br />survived initial exposure.<br />Scientists hypothesized mosquitoes' resistance to pesticides for decades.<br />Scientists hypothesized mosquitoes' resistance to pesticides for decades.<br />How much they had adapted <br />was unclear until now.<br />Mosquitoes have been learning. , Frederic Tipet, behavioral ecologist, Keele University, via ABC News.<br />We just didn't <br />know about it. , Frederic Tipet, behavioral ecologist, Keele University, via ABC News.<br />A 2012 study illustrated mosquitoes' <br />learning capabilities by proving the insect associates <br />positive and negative experiences with sight and smell.<br />So they're there. They get this first bad experience. , Frederic Tipet, behavioral ecologist, Keele University, via ABC News.<br />And if we don't kill them <br />at first instance, then they <br />learn to avoid that. , Frederic Tipet, behavioral ecologist, Keele University, via ABC News
