Mosquitoes can turn a peaceful hike or back-deck lounge into an itchy nightmare. Their incessant buzzing and painful bites ...

I was immediately bothered by a buzzing sound. I was bitten in rapid succession on the face, the hand and the neck. I felt itchy all over. The season of mosquitoes has come around again.

Hate the whine of buzzing mosquitos ... to fire like a slingshot when a mosquito is in range, and it seems they know when to do so by listening out for the sound. Scientists' suspicions that ...