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Mosquito (unknown species)
Photomacrograph of the head of a mosquito (unknown species). Mosquitoes are small flying insects which belong to the family culicidae. They are insect vectors which can carry and transmit some tropical diseases such as malaria, dengue and yellow fever. Female mosquitoes use their proboscis (needle-like modified mouthpart) to pierce the skin of humans or animals to feed on their blood in order to m…
Creator
- Macroscopic Solutions
Subject
- Morphology
- Mosquito
- Proboscis
- Black
- Brown
- White
Creator
- Macroscopic Solutions
Subject
- Morphology
- Mosquito
- Proboscis
- Black
- Brown
- White
Providing institution
Aggregator
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Rights
- Credit: Macroscopic Solutions
Source
- B0010422
Identifier
- B0010422
- vua8tyh3
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-09T12:03:38.211Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-06-09T12:03:38.211Z