Common malaria mosquito pupa
Common malaria mosquito (Anopheles quadrimaculatus) pupa in water. The pupal stage typically lasts around 2-3 days during which the mosquito will not eat. After this, the adult mosquito emerges. The adults are known vectors of malaria; females feed on mammalian blood, and in doing so can inject malaria parasites, infecting the mammalian host and allowing the malaria parasites to complete their life cycle., by CDC, Amy E. Lockwood/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
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