Feeding mosquito. Macrophotograph of an Aedes aegypti mosquito feeding on a human. The female mosquito feeds on the blood of vertebrates,including humans,piercing the skin and sucking the blood through her proboscis (seen here between her front legs). She uses the blood meal for the production of her eggs. A. aegypti is found throughout tropical Africa and in parts of South America. It is a vector for the virus that causes yellow fever in humans. Magnification unknown | |
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