. Animal parasites and human disease. Medical parasitology; Insects as carriers of disease. EGGS 429 among them. Without special adaptations in habits and physi- ology to meet the exigencies of their diverse environment there would be little chance for the mosquitoes of the frozen north or of the parched tropical deserts to meet successfully the struggle for existence. A great store of interesting facts concerning the life history and habits of mosquitoes has been collected by Howard, Dyar and Knab in Part I of their " Monograph of the â i > \ d. Fig. 193. Eggs of mosquitoes; A, Culise
. Animal parasites and human disease. Medical parasitology; Insects as carriers of disease. EGGS 429 among them. Without special adaptations in habits and physi- ology to meet the exigencies of their diverse environment there would be little chance for the mosquitoes of the frozen north or of the parched tropical deserts to meet successfully the struggle for existence. A great store of interesting facts concerning the life history and habits of mosquitoes has been collected by Howard, Dyar and Knab in Part I of their " Monograph of the â i > \ d. Fig. 193. Eggs of mosquitoes; A, Culiseta inornatus; B, Mansonia perturbans: C, Aedes calopus; D, Anopheles punctipennis, dorsal view; D', same, ventral view. X 75. (After Howard, Dyar and Knab.) Mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies " and much of the information incorporated into this chapter has been taken from their work. The eggs of mosquitoes (Fig. 193) are usually oval, with vari- ous surface markings, and in Anopheles with a peculiar " float " of air cells. The number of eggs laid by a single female mos- quito varies from 40 or 50 to several hundred. Some species. 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 Chandler, Asa Crawford, 1891-. New York, J. Wiley
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