Infected female Anopheles mosquitos
Only female mosquitos , the anopheles, bite.
mosquitos. they carry blood disases from the blood they drink.
Anopheles mosquitoes are very diverse among the different species. There are different species in Africa, the Middle East and the Americas.
There are three types of mosquitoes found prevalent in Trinidad. These mosquitos are called: Aedes mosquito, Anopheles Mosquito, and Culex Mosquito.
Plant juices and fluids from trees is the food for male mosquitoes
a species of mosquitos, the female of the Anopheles mosquito which carries malaria
Exoskeleton/ Chitin
exoskeleton
You can get malaria by the bite of infected female anopheles mosquito. You may not get the malaria, when you are immune to the disease. Such immunity is common amongst the residents of the endemic area.
Anopheles is a genus of Culiciae, the mosquito family and there are approximately 400 species of Anopheles. The best known is Anopheles gambiae, as it is a known vector of malaria. There are 30 to 40 species in total that are responsible for the spread of this illness, which is caused by the Plasmodium genus of protists, the most fatal species being P. Falciparum. Some of the most common Anopheles are: * Anopheles atroparvus * Anopheles barberi * Anopheles beklemishevi * Anopheles coustani * Anopheles crypticus * Anopheles culicifacies * Anopheles earlei * Anopheles farauti * Anopheles fluviatilis * Anopheles forattinii * Anopheles funestus * Anopheles gambiae * Anopheles grabhamii * Anopheles hailarensis * Anopheles halophylus * Anopheles hyrcanus * Anopheles introlatus * Anopheles kosiensis * Anopheles latens * Anopheles maculipennis * Anopheles minimus * Anopheles moucheti * Anopheles nili * Anopheles ovengensis * Anopheles pampanae * Anopheles peytoni * Anopheles punctipennis * Anopheles quadrimaculatus * Anopheles rennellensis * Anopheles rivulorum * Anopheles stephensi * Anopheles triannulatus
Living mosquitos and dead mosquitoes. You can generally tell the dead ones because they are squished against your arm.