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CDC ID#: 7948

An Armigeres subalbatus mosquito of the "Nagasaki colony" was depicted in this 2005 photograph, as she was ingesting a blood meal after having lighted on a human finger. Note the pooling of the blood inside the mosquito’s abdomen as it fills its stomach. The blood was being suctioned through the insect’s proboscis, which is its straw-like mouth that is used to penetrate the host’s skin much like a syringe.

This mosquito is a vector of the filarial parasite Wuchereria bancrofti, and upon examination of captured specimens in the wild, at times has also been found to be naturally infected with the Japanese Encephalitis virus. This species can be found throughout Asia, from Pakistan in the west, all the way through Southeast Asia to Indonesia, and north to Japan and Korea.

Content Providers(s): CDC/ Frank Collins, PhD.

Creation Date: 2005

Photo Credit: James Gathany


Public domain This image is a work of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, taken or made during the course of an employee's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.

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current16:32, 15 October 2012Thumbnail for version as of 16:32, 15 October 2012700 × 468 (31 KB)Media-caching-bot (Talk | contribs){{Cached Commons Copy|file=Armigeres_subalbatus_mosquito.jpg|lastuploader=G716|time=2012-10-15, 17:32}} CDC ID#: 7948 An ''Armigeres subalbatus'' mosquito of the "Nagasaki colony" was depicted in this 2005 photograph, as she was ingesting a blood
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