. A textbook in general zoology. Zoology. OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CLASS — INSECTA 185 it has previously bitten a person having malaria, the germ that causes malaria. Moreover, whenever this particular kind of mosquito bites a person, it injects some of those gernis into the blood of that individual, thereby inducing malaria. Very good proof has also been adduced to the effect that a certain species of mosquito carries yellow fever from one person to another. Thus it has happened in recent years that the mosquitoes have become very notorious insects. The female of a common species of mosquito lays
. A textbook in general zoology. Zoology. OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CLASS — INSECTA 185 it has previously bitten a person having malaria, the germ that causes malaria. Moreover, whenever this particular kind of mosquito bites a person, it injects some of those gernis into the blood of that individual, thereby inducing malaria. Very good proof has also been adduced to the effect that a certain species of mosquito carries yellow fever from one person to another. Thus it has happened in recent years that the mosquitoes have become very notorious insects. The female of a common species of mosquito lays its eggs — two or three hundred — in small, dark, boat-shaped masses (Figs. 126 and 127) on the surface of the water. In about two days these hatch into minute larvae called " wiggletails " or " wigglers " (Fig. 128). The " wiggletails " live in the water, but are obliged to come to the surface for air. Here they hang head down- ward (Culex) with a tube, called the breathing tube, on the end of the abdomen, projecting just above the C Fig. 127. — Eggs of mosquito, enlarged : A, fresh egg with collar; B, egg a little older, without collar; C, shell from which the wiggle- tail has Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Herrick, Glenn W. (Glenn Washington), 1870-1965. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American Book Company
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