And health officials said water stored in open containers everywhere bred mosquitoes and was a factor in the worst outbreak of dengue fever since the 1960's.

The British were the first to drain Iraq's marshes which had no apparent economic value and bred mosquitoes.

A programme was instituted to drain the marshes that were breeding malarial mosquitoes.

In 2012, the Corporation announced that it was planning to breed sterile male mosquitoes to bring down the population of female mosquitoes.

They were where you dumped old tires; they bred mosquitoes.

Warm weather tends to bring out breeding female mosquitoes to bite.

It was also done because the dug-out pits could well breed mosquitoes; there were also fears that someone might fall into one of the 2 m-deep holes.

Stagnant waters breed mosquitoes that swarm the streets of Dhaka, leading relief workers to fear an outbreak of malaria.

Yet the water here must breed extraordinary mosquitoes.

One added a plea for the elimination of the stagnant ponds that breed mosquitoes and of the rabid dogs that threaten children.