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  2. Anopheles funestus - Wikipedia

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    Anopheles funestus is a species of mosquito in the Culicidae family. This species was first described in 1900 by Giles. [1] The female is attracted to houses where it seeks out humans in order to feed on their blood, mostly during the night. This mosquito is a major vector of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. [2]

  3. Mosquito - Wikipedia

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    The mosquito life cycle consists of four stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult. Eggs are laid on the water surface; they hatch into motile larvae that feed on aquatic algae and organic material. These larvae are important food sources for many freshwater animals, such as dragonfly nymphs, many fish, and some birds.

  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. Wyeomyia smithii - Wikipedia

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    The purple pitcher plant uses the mosquito for nutrients once the mosquitoes die off. And, these mosquitoes are no different than any other subspecies, in terms of attraction, they are drawn to water. The pitcher plant is filled with water and this is a type of environment that is used as a location for female mosquitoes to lay their eggs.

  6. Biological life cycle - Wikipedia

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    In biology, a biological life cycle (or just life cycle when the biological context is clear) is a series of stages of the life of an organism, that begins as a zygote, often in an egg, and concludes as an adult that reproduces, producing an offspring in the form of a new zygote which then itself goes through the same series of stages, the ...

  7. Trophozoite - Wikipedia

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    Life cycle of Balantidium coli. The Malaria lifecycle is divided into two phases: Human: The infected female mosquito (usually Anopheles species) bites a human and injects sporozoites into the bloodstream during a bloodmeal. [8] The sporozoites travel to the liver where they invade liver cells (hepatocytes) in the Exo-erythrocytic Cycle. [9]

  8. 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.

  9. Pupa - Wikipedia

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    Pupa of the rose chafer beetle, Cetonia aurata Tumbler (pupa) of a mosquito. Unlike most pupae, tumblers can swim around actively. Unlike most pupae, tumblers can swim around actively. A pupa (from Latin pupa 'doll'; pl. : pupae ) is the life stage of some insects undergoing transformation between immature and mature stages.