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Anopheles mosquito feeding

A female Anopheles albimanus mosquito while feeding on a human host, thereby, becoming engorged with blood. Like other species in the genus Anopheles, Anopheles albimanus adults hold the major axis of the body perpendicular to the surface of the skin when blood feeding. Anopheles adults also generally feed in the evening or early morning when it is still dark. This species is a vector of malaria predominantly in Central America.

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Title: Anopheles mosquito feeding

Caption: A female Anopheles albimanus mosquito while feeding on a human host, thereby, becoming engorged with blood. Like other species in the genus Anopheles, Anopheles albimanus adults hold the major axis of the body perpendicular to the surface of the skin when blood feeding. Anopheles adults also generally feed in the evening or early morning when it is still dark. This species is a vector of malaria predominantly in Central America.

Category: SCIENCE • medical • Animals • nature • insects

Credit: Album / Science Source / James Gathany/CDC

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Image size: 3740 × 2400 px | 25.7 MB

Print size: 31.7 × 20.3 cm | 1472.4 × 944.9 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: ANIMAL • ANIMALS • ANOPHELES ALBIMANUS • ANOPHELES • ARTHROPOD • ARTHROPODA • ARTHROPODS • BLOOD MEAL • BUG (INSECT) • CENTRAL AMERICA • CENTRAL AMERICAN • DIPTERA • DRINKING BLOOD • ENGORGED • FEEDING • FEMALE MOSQUITO • GNAT • INSECT PEST • INSECT • INSECTS • INVERTEBRATE • MALARIA CARRIER • MALARIA TRANSMISSION • MALARIA VECTOR • MEDICAL • MIDGE • MOSQUITO • MOSQUITOES • MOSQUITOS • NATURE • PARASITE • PLASMODIUM MALARIA • PLASMODIUM • SCI • SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WISSENSCHAFT SCI • SCIENCE • SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY • SCIENCE_AND_TECHNOLOGY WISSENSCHAFT SCI • TROPICAL DISEASES • WORLD HEALTH