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Barbecue-Crashing Mosquitoes Beware: New Weapons Are in the Works

September 01, 2017 Jan Suszkiw, Public Affairs Specialist, Agricultural Research Service

Picture this: It’s evening. The summer’s heat is waning and you’re getting ready to bite into a freshly grilled hot dog, but a lurking predator is close by and about to make a meal of you—a blood meal, that is. You put down the hot dog and swat wildly at the winged attacker before it lands.

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