Getting wild mosquitoes back to the lab alive takes a custom backpack
The mosquitoes are needed to test if malaria-prevention strategies are still effective
![A close-up of a species of mosquito, Anopheles arabiensis, feeding on a human, it's belly full of blood. The species found in Africa is one that carries malaria.](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/042924_di_mosquito-backpack_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Across Africa, Anopheles arabiensis (shown) and other malaria-carrying mosquitoes are developing resistance to a common class of insecticide. Researchers are trying to figure out how widespread that resistance is. To do that, they need to study wild mosquitoes in the lab.
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