Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes after feeding. These female mosquitoes have fed on blood from a vertebrate animal,which can be a mammal,reptile,bird or amphibian. The blood fills the abdomen which becomes enlarged due to its blood meal contents. A droplet of blood is expelled from the distal tip of the abdomen to relieve the pressure. A. gambiae is found in Africa,where the female mosquitoes are a vector for the Plasmodium protozoa that causes malaria. Photographed in a research laboratory. | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / PATRICK LANDMANN / Vectopole Sud / IRD |
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