Malaria, the killing machine.

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1422-65: The International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology field office in Mbita. The Evarcha culicivora spider (also known as the mosquitoes eater), which lives exclusively around the shores of the Lake Victoria, and feeds on mosquitoes, especially on females which have sucked blood. If farmed and dispatched on an area infested with mosquitoes, this tiny spider could be one of the solutions to control the virus in the future.


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