Date: 2024/12/02 | File Size: 1,004.05 MB |
Duration: 00:00:56 | Frame Size: 3840 x 2160 |
An Aedes Mosquito feeds on blood from the human body and sits on a coffee mug at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 29/11/2024. Mosquitoes, the Culicidae, are a family of small flies consisting of 3,600 species. Mosquitoes have a slender segmented body, one pair of wings, three pairs of long hair-like legs, and specialized, highly elongated, piercing-sucking mouthparts. Aedes sp. Mosquitoes are active during the daytime, show aggressive human-biting behavior, and prefer to live near people and animals to bite. The Aedes mosquito is a known vector of several viruses including yellow fever virus, dengue virus, West Nile virus, chikungunya virus, and Zika virus.