. Elementary entomology . Fig. 349. Anopheles mosquito and malaria (7, larva; /', pupa; c, adult; d^ the blast introduced into the blood by the mosquito ; e to j, stages through which the plasmodium passes in the red blood corpuscle ; k, the spores which enter new blood corpuscles ; /, m, the microgamete ; /;, 0, the macrogamete; /, flagellse forming; q, union of a flagellum with macrogamete ; r, fusion of nuclei; s, the vermicule ; t to ;', formation of the zygote in the mosquito stomach, the fully developed zygote,;', rupturing to produce blasts. (After J. B. Smith) largest species of the or
. Elementary entomology . Fig. 349. Anopheles mosquito and malaria (7, larva; /', pupa; c, adult; d^ the blast introduced into the blood by the mosquito ; e to j, stages through which the plasmodium passes in the red blood corpuscle ; k, the spores which enter new blood corpuscles ; /, m, the microgamete ; /;, 0, the macrogamete; /, flagellse forming; q, union of a flagellum with macrogamete ; r, fusion of nuclei; s, the vermicule ; t to ;', formation of the zygote in the mosquito stomach, the fully developed zygote,;', rupturing to produce blasts. (After J. B. Smith) largest species of the order, being two inches long and the legs spreading some four inches. What advantage the crane-flies derive from their size is a question, as they are very awkward and fragile.
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