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...worst of the pests is the female pasture mosquito (Aëdes nigromaculus). Though it does not transmit diseases to man, the creature is a vicious stinger and travels in swarms as dense as 2,000,000 per acre in Southern California. In parts of the San Joaquin Valley, the pests are so thick at dawn and dusk-their feeding times-that people hardly dare step outdoors. Because of the insects, schools at times have been closed, farm workers have refused to tend crops, and dairy cows, stung on their udders, have produced no milk...
Narrow Escape. Research on pasture mosquitoes can be grueling. Charles H. Schaefer, director of the University of California Mosquito Control Research Laboratory, recalls a recent field trip he took with a coworker. "As we stepped into the pasture, black clouds of mosquitoes swarmed into the air. They landed on us by the thousands. When we tried to run back to the car, we got caught in the barbed-wire fence and they flew into our ears, noses and mouths." The scientists finally escaped the choking swarm by closing themselves in their...
However, high costs may be outweighed by another factor. Some species, such as the malaria mosquito, have developed strains resistant to second generation insecticides like DDT. They can hardly be expected to develop resistance to their own hormones, Williams points...
...diversify its peanut-based, peanut-size economy. The locals catch on fast. As soon as the tourists arrive, bar, food and taxi prices zoom. The Atlantic Hotel charges an extra $1.50 a day to turn on one's room air conditioner and 50? for a daily shot of mosquito spray. Toast for breakfast? One must make a personal request to the manager...
During the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, Israel set up a dummy movie company in Britain, ostensibly to shoot a film about the New Zealand air force's role in World War II. The Israelis bought four Bristol Beaufighters and a Mosquito with the understanding that the planes would not leave the country. One morning the five planes, cleared to fly as far as Exeter to shoot some battle scenes, took off and kept right on going, later turning up in the Israeli air force. They also purchased three old B-17 bombers, ostensibly for a Honduran airline, then flew...