date:Sep 19, 2018
The animals known to eat such insects include several species of birds, bats and spiders, all of which are hunted in turn by other animals.
It's basically another pathway for pollution that hadn't been considered previously, Callaghan said.
Although the team observed the mosquitoes in lab conditions, she said it was highly possible the process was already happening in the wild.
Several countries including Britain have banned products containing microbeads, but Callaghan said the scale of the