Anopheles Mosquito
Anopheles Mosquito
Anopheles mosquitoes, both the male and female feeds on the nectar of certain plants. The female needs to feed on blood to develop her eggs. After sucking in sufficient blood, the female anopheles would fly to a safe place to properly digest the blood and lay her eggs when they develop. She would then lay her eggs on water at the end of her gestation period before then proceeding on another search for blood meal.
The Anopheles has a lot of physical similarity with other mosquitoes. However, they differ from other species of mosquitoes in 4 ways. First, while other species of female mosquito lay their eggs in groups known as rafts, the female anopheles does so individually. Second, in place of proboscis, the anopheles mosquito has a pair of palps on its mouth. Third, when feeding on the blood of its host, the female anopheles will position herself at an angle of 45 degrees. This is unlike other species of mosquitoes which feed at near parallel position.
Every year, a tiny fraction of Americans are treated of malaria. In most cases, the sufferers are individuals coming from countries and regions where malaria is prevalent. It’s been reported that the United States is at the brink of suffering an outbreak of malaria as more anopheles mosquitoes continue to flood the South.