We Regret to Inform You Central Texans May Now Add “West Nile Virus” to the Worry Jar

Another reason to stay inside this summer

"...news about COVID-19 to announce a positive pool of mosquitoes carrying West Nile Virus has been identified in Austin..."

July 16, 2020 News Post by Kimberley Jones

My Best Fiend

"...shoot the gloriously epic Fitzcarraldo, he raved about the mosquitoes while simultaneously goading Herzog -- who was Kinski's megalomaniacal..."

March 17, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Book Review: Mostly Dead Things

A taxidermist’s family grieves and grows in Kristen Arnett’s debut

"...singular pleasures and discomforts of sweltering summer living: battling mosquitoes, picking at the label on a clammy beer bottle,..."

Oct. 23, 2019 Arts Post by Rosalind Faires

To Your Health

What makes certain individuals more attractive to mosquitoes than others, and what can we do to repel them?

"...Q. Mosquitoes seem to bite me more than other people. Does..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

Zika 101

Travis County to conduct a two-day survey on the mosquito-borne virus

"...flooding make Texas vulnerable to an epidemic. And if mosquitoes seem especially bad this season, there's a reason. Austin's..."

June 16, 2016 News Post by Annamarya Scaccia

Bug Watch '07

Out with the eco-friendly insect spray: Austin issues a mosquito warning.

"...News: The dank and moist weather is ideal for mosquitoes, and some of them carry West Nile Virus. So..."

July 23, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Batshit Crazy

Viruses don’t respect boundaries

"...Are you able to eat your body weight in mosquitoes in a single night? I can’t say for sure,..."

April 24, 2020 Column by Dan Hardick

Surreal Science

Looking at three books -- Plague Time, Cancer: The Evolutionary Legacy, and The Rise and Fall of Modern Medicine, Roger Gathman observes that for every advance in technology, nature counterbalances with new opportunities for disease.

"...human beings. You are transmitted to human beings via mosquitoes. The mosquitoes get the falciparum from humans, and transmit..."

March 2, 2001 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Birds, Bees, & Butterflies

"...Editor. As spring approaches, forgo spraying your lawn for mosquitoes to preserve our birds, bees and butterflies! Mosquitoes are..."

March 22, 2022 Postmarks

Premium Pre-Mosquito Season Patio Hang Zones

Sawyer & Co. is full of culinary maximalism

"...and what I imagine must be my extra-delicious blood (mosquitoes, unlike vampires, seem to be into garlic), I can..."

April 19, 2019 Food Column by Emily Beyda

The Tire Mound of Mystery

Thousands of city tires lie moldering southeast of town – and the city is claiming ignorance

"...– scrap tires provide an excellent breeding ground for mosquitoes, are a magnet for potential disease, and if not..."

Dec. 4, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

'We've Got Climate Change'

Lee Nichols interviews UT biologist Camille Parmesan about the evidence and consequences of global warming.

"...I like that," but then you get all the mosquitoes, and the parasites that go along with the mosquitoes..."

March 7, 2003 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Seeking Nine Holes and a Lost Austin at Butler Pitch & Putt

A million dollar renovation transforms a city landmark, but the spirit stays the same

"...earliest memory of Butler Pitch & Putt is of mosquitoes and shame. Mosquitoes because the course ran parallel to..."

May 21, 2021 Arts Feature by Ali Montag

DVDanger: Of Manos and Mosquito

Two schlocky classics get a pre-Halloween restoration

"...movie science has proven, the inevitable effect is giant mosquitoes, sucking the bloody life out of anyone whom they..."

Oct. 24, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

From Source to Sea

Three Austinites kayak South America

"..."I was assuming I would be covered with mosquitoes, I would for sure die of malaria, and there..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Sports Post by Carly Yansak

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Second place

"...of a whippoorwill and the ceaseless drifting drone of mosquitoes: no shelling or gunfire could be heard, and Sugio..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Books Feature by William Sparks

Day Trips

A look back at 2004

"...The increase in mosquitoes need not be an image problem for Houston. A..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

About AIDS

"...precaution needs to be taken, however, by PWA's: Avoid mosquitoes, if at all possible. Suggestions:..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Column by Sandy Bartlett

Yi Yi

At nearly three hours long, Yang's final film is a novelistic portrait of the Jians, a comfortable middle-class family, presumably like many others, whose members can be categorized neither as happy nor unhappy.

"...him a camera and he begins taking shots of mosquitoes and the napes of people's necks and handing the..."

April 6, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Arts and Culture Events to Get You Off the Couch

It's spring break (for some of you), get out and have some fun

"...a nefarious board game that, when played, summons giant mosquitoes, rabid monkeys, constricting vines, and more PG horrors, former..."

March 14, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

The Luv Doc: Thermostat Settings

Wherein the Luv Doc offers up a piping hot soup bowl of solutions

"...a steam room schvitz also come with swarms of mosquitoes, congregations of alligators, or perhaps one of those enormous..."

Jan. 26, 2024 Column by The Luv Doc

Going to Bat for Bats

"...they consume a staggering 10,000 to 30,000 pounds of mosquitoes on each nightly flight. By officially welcoming this intelligent,..."

Nov. 21, 2023 Postmarks

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, May 19-25

"...when I'm perfectly safe, and a manic fear of mosquitoes dive-bombing me as I sleep, an event that has..."

May 19, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

From the Walls to the Page in ATX Urban Art

New book ATX Urban Art catalogs Austin's street art, murals, mosaics, and graffiti

"...sometimes hiking for miles, barbed wire, sticker burrs, rattlesnakes, mosquitoes in your mouth and ears, etc. Not to mention..."

March 24, 2023 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

The Luv Doc: No Questions, Just Answers

Two is plenty, thank you

"...tepid, half-filled, backyard Walmart kiddie pool getting bitten by mosquitoes and freaking out about the size of your hands...."

Sept. 30, 2022 Column by The Luv Doc

Seven Decades and One Wall Apart: Finding Friendship on Either Side of a Bouldin Creek Duplex

Two women at different stages of life keep company during a pandemic

"...absence of deliveries from the mailman, changes in the mosquitoes, the traffic, the sun, or the rain. She tracks..."

July 16, 2021 Arts Feature by Ali Montag

Day Trips: Bat-Watching in Texas

Six places to watch the bats

"...6,000 to 8,000 insects in a night, ranging from mosquitoes to crop-destroying moths. Texas has the largest bat colony..."

June 18, 2021 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Local health authorities have identified a positive pool of mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus – the first positive ID..."

July 24, 2020 News Feature

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Mosquitoes have killed many as 50 billion people since the..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

What’s the Best Summertime Cocktail?

Whisler’s and Tigress bartenders talk summer sips

"...With summer firmly underway (just ask the mosquitoes), the internet has been returning to everyone’s favorite debate:..."

July 11, 2019 Food Post by Emily Beyda

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