Anopheles Stephensi Mosquito (IMAGE)

University of California - Irvine

Anopheles Stephensi Mosquito

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An Anopheles stephensi mosquito obtains a blood meal from a human host through its pointed proboscis. A known malarial vector, the species can found from Egypt all the way to China.

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Jim Gathany / CDC

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