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  2. Anautogeny - Wikipedia

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    A female Anopheles minimus mosquito obtaining a blood meal from a human host to support its anautogenous reproduction.. In entomology, anautogeny is a reproductive strategy in which an adult female insect must eat a particular sort of meal (generally vertebrate blood) before laying eggs in order for her eggs to mature. [1]

  3. Hematophagy - Wikipedia

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    An Anopheles stephensi mosquito obtaining a blood meal from a human host through its pointed proboscis. Note the droplet of blood being expelled from the engorged abdomen. This mosquito is a malarial vector with a distribution that ranges from Egypt to China. A bedbug Two butterflies of the genus Erebia sucking fresh blood from a sock

  4. Anopheles - Wikipedia

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    Anopheles (/ ə ˈ n ɒ f ɪ l iː z /) is a genus of mosquito first described by the German entomologist J. W. Meigen in 1818, and are known as nail mosquitoes and marsh mosquitoes. [1] Many such mosquitoes are vectors of the parasite Plasmodium , a genus of protozoans that cause malaria in birds , reptiles , and mammals , including humans.

  5. Are you a mosquito magnet? It could be your smell - AOL

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    FILE - This 2006 file photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a female Aedes aegypti mosquito in the process of acquiring a blood meal from a human host.

  6. Local elimination of mosquitoes is possible. Here’s why we ...

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    Other avenues include using non-chemical options to kill immature mosquitoes – like bringing in fish to eat the larvae – setting sugar traps and using drones to find stagnant water for removal ...

  7. Aedes taeniorhynchus - Wikipedia

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    An individual mosquito can be heard across 2–5 cm in distance when sound level rises to 22-25 dB. [7] Male and female mosquitoes can also be distinguished by their wingbeat frequencies, which are 700–800 Hz for males and 400–500 Hz for females. [7] As a result, flight sounds are used to determine flight activity and distinguish sex of groups.

  8. Can What You Eat Really Repel Mosquitoes? Let's Debunk ... - AOL

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    The truth is, what actually attracts mosquitoes to humans has more to do with skin and odor than our blood. "When mosquitoes are looking to bite people, they are attracted to the carbon dioxide we ...

  9. 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.