Because the yellow fever mosquito is the primary vector of human diseases like yellow fever, dengue, chikungunya, and Zika, figuring out how far the mosquito usually travels is an important data point for managing it. In a meta-analysis published May 31 in the Journal of Medical Entomology, researchers from the University of Arizona determined an average flight distance of 106 meters and looked at how study design and other factors may influence that number. The team says it would make sense to evaluate their new flight distance estimate with geospatial analysis and compare human disease cases with their proximity to mosquito habitat sites. Finding a more robust estimate for flight distance is particularly valuable as the yellow fever mosquito’s geographic distribution is expected to expand with climate change and other factors like human movement and land use changes.