Anopheles mosquito male. Light micrograph of a male mosquito (Anopheles maculipennis). The female sucks blood but the male sucks juice from plants wit

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Anopheles mosquito male. Light micrograph of a male mosquito (Anopheles maculipennis). The female sucks blood but the male sucks juice from plants with a piercing stylet between its long hairy maxillary palps. Other differences are bushy antennae and rear genitalia with claspers in the male. Magnification: x when printed at 10 centimetres tall.

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Size: 3417px × 5125px
Photo credit: © DR KEITH WHEELER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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