Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Do You Know?

Do you know that only female Mosquito, (we're talking about Anopheles mosquito) bite human and transmit what we called Plasmodium? Why female? Female mosquitoes,(most of the species) need nutrients from blood to develop & lay their egg and not for survival.


Picture shows Anopheles mosquito taking its blood meal


Picture shows Anopheles mosquito in more detail


Now you know..^_^

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