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  2. Mosquito - Wikipedia

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    Mosquitoes, the Culicidae, are a family of small flies consisting of 3,600 species. The word mosquito (formed by mosca and diminutive-ito) [2] is Spanish and Portuguese for little fly. [3] Mosquitoes have a slender segmented body, one pair of wings, three pairs of long hair-like legs, and specialized, highly elongated, piercing-sucking mouthparts.

  3. Evolution of insects - Wikipedia

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    In 2008, researchers at Tufts University uncovered what they believe is the world's oldest known full-body impression of a primitive flying insect, a 300 million-year-old specimen from the Carboniferous Period. [65] Devonian Rhyniognatha hirsti, from the 396 million year old Rhynie chert is known only from mandibles, and considered as the ...

  4. Culex - Wikipedia

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    Culex or typical mosquitoes are a genus of mosquitoes, several species of which serve as vectors of one or more important diseases of birds, humans, and other animals. The diseases they vector include arbovirus infections such as West Nile virus , Japanese encephalitis , or St. Louis encephalitis , but also filariasis and avian malaria .

  5. Culicinae - Wikipedia

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    The subfamily Culicinae is the largest subfamily of Culicidae, a family of Nematocera dipterans.There are 3,046 species of Culicinae mosquitoes, in 108 genera and 11 tribes. . Members of the Culicinae subfamily are small flies with fore wings for flight and hind wings reduced to halteres for balan

  6. How do you stop a mosquito invasion in Miami after the rains ...

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    Mosquitoes can spread disease and just be annoying. ... and decrease the spread risk of mosquito-born illnesses. ... Hilary Duff's 12-year-old son joins her for rare red carpet outing.

  7. Another person has died in the US from EEE. When do ... - AOL

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    A person has died from the mosquito-borne virus known as EEE in New York, the state's first case since 2015 and the second death from the disease in the U.S. since late August.

  8. Mosquito-borne disease - Wikipedia

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    Mosquito-borne diseases or mosquito-borne illnesses are diseases caused by bacteria, viruses or parasites transmitted by mosquitoes. Nearly 700 million people contract mosquito-borne illnesses each year, resulting in more than a million deaths.

  9. Does homemade mosquito repellent work? What to know as more ...

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    Mosquitos don’t just cause annoying, itchy bites — they can also spread potentially life-threatening infectious diseases, like eastern equine encephalitis, West Nile virus and dengue fever ...