Bloodfed malaria mosquito (Anopheles gambiae) ejecting water droplet during prediuresis

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After bloodfeeding, it is important for the mosquito to reduce the weight of the meal as quickly as possible. It does this in a process called prediuresis, where the excess water from the meal is ejected in small drops from the anus.

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Size: 5500px × 3770px
Location: Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, England, UK
Photo credit: © Ray Wilson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: african, anopheles, bloodfed, bloodmeal, diptera, dipteran, disease, droplet, ejecting, gambiae, insect, malaria, mosquito, prediuresis, tropical, vector, water