7 what is a mosquito
DESCRIPTION
mosquitoesTRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: 7 What Is A Mosquito](https://reader033.vdocument.in/reader033/viewer/2022050906/5555f227d8b42ad3548b4fdb/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
WHAT IS A MOSQUITO?
Bruce A. Harrison, Ph.D.Public Health Pest Mgmt.
North Carolina Department ofEnvironment and Natural Resources
![Page 2: 7 What Is A Mosquito](https://reader033.vdocument.in/reader033/viewer/2022050906/5555f227d8b42ad3548b4fdb/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
WHAT MAKES A MOSQUITO?
A long piercing-sucking proboscis, with scales on it!
Scales on the wings and body 3 basic body parts
Head Thorax
2 (=one pair) wings 6 (= 3 pairs) legs
Abdomen
![Page 3: 7 What Is A Mosquito](https://reader033.vdocument.in/reader033/viewer/2022050906/5555f227d8b42ad3548b4fdb/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Head Morphology
![Page 4: 7 What Is A Mosquito](https://reader033.vdocument.in/reader033/viewer/2022050906/5555f227d8b42ad3548b4fdb/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Male vs. Female Mosquitoes
![Page 5: 7 What Is A Mosquito](https://reader033.vdocument.in/reader033/viewer/2022050906/5555f227d8b42ad3548b4fdb/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Thoracic Morphology
![Page 6: 7 What Is A Mosquito](https://reader033.vdocument.in/reader033/viewer/2022050906/5555f227d8b42ad3548b4fdb/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Wing Morphology
Dorsal View
![Page 7: 7 What Is A Mosquito](https://reader033.vdocument.in/reader033/viewer/2022050906/5555f227d8b42ad3548b4fdb/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
![Page 8: 7 What Is A Mosquito](https://reader033.vdocument.in/reader033/viewer/2022050906/5555f227d8b42ad3548b4fdb/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Hind Leg Morphology
![Page 9: 7 What Is A Mosquito](https://reader033.vdocument.in/reader033/viewer/2022050906/5555f227d8b42ad3548b4fdb/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Abdomen
![Page 10: 7 What Is A Mosquito](https://reader033.vdocument.in/reader033/viewer/2022050906/5555f227d8b42ad3548b4fdb/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Adult Morphology
![Page 11: 7 What Is A Mosquito](https://reader033.vdocument.in/reader033/viewer/2022050906/5555f227d8b42ad3548b4fdb/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
Putting it all together…
![Page 12: 7 What Is A Mosquito](https://reader033.vdocument.in/reader033/viewer/2022050906/5555f227d8b42ad3548b4fdb/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Which ones are mosquitoes?
![Page 13: 7 What Is A Mosquito](https://reader033.vdocument.in/reader033/viewer/2022050906/5555f227d8b42ad3548b4fdb/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
![Page 14: 7 What Is A Mosquito](https://reader033.vdocument.in/reader033/viewer/2022050906/5555f227d8b42ad3548b4fdb/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
![Page 15: 7 What Is A Mosquito](https://reader033.vdocument.in/reader033/viewer/2022050906/5555f227d8b42ad3548b4fdb/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
![Page 16: 7 What Is A Mosquito](https://reader033.vdocument.in/reader033/viewer/2022050906/5555f227d8b42ad3548b4fdb/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
![Page 17: 7 What Is A Mosquito](https://reader033.vdocument.in/reader033/viewer/2022050906/5555f227d8b42ad3548b4fdb/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
![Page 18: 7 What Is A Mosquito](https://reader033.vdocument.in/reader033/viewer/2022050906/5555f227d8b42ad3548b4fdb/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
![Page 19: 7 What Is A Mosquito](https://reader033.vdocument.in/reader033/viewer/2022050906/5555f227d8b42ad3548b4fdb/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)