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Aedes mosquito
The video thumbnail shows a black and white image of a mosquito biting a human arm. The area it is biting is highlighted in pink.
How did mosquitoes inspire advanced vision systems?
Diagram showing diversity among dipterans Mosquito larvae Mosquito: malaria vector Mosquito larva and adult
Examine one effort to develop new mosquito repellents with natural compounds
Mosquito Aedes aegypti mosquito
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Mosquito (Theobaldia anulata)
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Why do mosquito bites itch?
Here's a gross fact: a female mosquito's mouth consists of multiple tubes.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
How did mosquitoes inspire advanced vision systems?
Learn about how mosquito vision has inspired the development of an artificial compound...
Video: © American Chemical Society (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Examine one effort to develop new mosquito repellents with natural compounds
Learn about the creation of a new class of mosquito repellents based on naturally...
Video: © American Chemical Society (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Know about zoonosis disease and how it spreads from animals to humans
Learn how zoonotic diseases, such as malaria, can be transmitted from animals to...
Video: © Open University (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

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Aedes mosquito
Female Aedes mosquito biting a person.
© Digital Vision/Getty Images
Diagram showing diversity among dipterans
Diversity among the dipterans.
From Inverebrate Identification Manual by Richard A. Pimentel, © 1967 by Litton Educational Publishing, Inc. Reprinted by permission of Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
Mosquito larvae
Culex mosquito larvae using siphons in their abdomens to breathe from underwater.
James Gathany—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Mosquito: malaria vector
Mosquito (Anopheles minimus) feeding on a human. The species is a major...
James Gathany/CDC
Mosquito
Mosquito (Aedes species).
Copyright E.R. Degginger/Bruce Coleman Inc.
Aedes aegypti mosquito
Aedes aegypti mosquito, a carrier of yellow fever and dengue.
Paul I. Howell, MPH; Prof. Frank Hadley Collins/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (Image Number: 9534)
Anopheles mosquito
Anopheles mosquito, carrier of the malarial parasite.
© Razvan Cornel Constantin/Dreamstime.com
mosquito
Banded house mosquito (Culiseta annulata, also known as Theobaldia annulata).
N.A. Callow—NHPA/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
auditory mechanisms in insects
Auditory mechanisms in insects. (Left) A scolophore organ. (Top right) The mosquito...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Mosquito (Theobaldia anulata)
N.A. Callow—NHPA/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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Mosquito larva and adult
Move the slider to see an Aedes mosquito larva (left) and the adult.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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