{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Newscoverage","provider_url":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org","title":"Mosquitoes develop defence against DEET - Newscoverage","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"IlgTA2MB1m\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/mosquitoes-develop-defence-against-deet\/\">Mosquitoes develop defence against DEET<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/mosquitoes-develop-defence-against-deet\/embed\/#?secret=IlgTA2MB1m\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Mosquitoes develop defence against DEET&#8221; &#8212; Newscoverage\" data-secret=\"IlgTA2MB1m\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"By Murray Sherriffs DEET (N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide) is the gold standard ingredient used in insect mosquito repellents. Researchers say that it now can attract the insects, as they\u2019ve come to associate the chemical with food. University of Tours Prof. Claudio Lazzari says that until now, scientists believed that repellants worked by blocking the pests\u2019 ability to find","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Mosquito_Tasmania_crop.jpg","thumbnail_width":1719,"thumbnail_height":1296}