Northern house mosquito larva (Culex pipiens) suspended head down from a water surface. A single female lays between 40 to 400 eggs onto a water surfa

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Northern house mosquito larva (Culex pipiens) suspended head down from a water surface. A single female lays between 40 to 400 eggs onto a water surface, which quickly hatch into larvae. The larvae breathes through a piphon tube (top). Surface tension around the hairs of the opening of the tube enables the larvae to retain its position.

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Size: 3130px × 4677px
Photo credit: © CLAUDE NURIDSANY & MARIE PERENNOU/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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