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   What do Culicinae eat?

   • Culicinae adults inhabit almost every environment, and both males and females feed on plant sugars. Females also feed on animal blood, which most species need before they can lay eggs. After a blood meal, females take two or more days to digest the blood before oviposition.

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   How are Culicinae adapted to their environment?

   • Culicinae larvae are adapted to almost every aquatic environment worldwide, excepting flowing streams and open areas of large water masses. Larvae have three body regions – head, thorax, and abdomen – as well as having compound eyes and antennae on their heads.

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   What diseases are transmitted by Anophelinae and Culicinae?

   • They are traditionally divided into two subfamilies, the Anophelinae and the Culicinae, which carry different diseases. Roughly speaking, protozoal diseases like malaria are transmitted by anophelines, while viral diseases such as yellow fever and dengue fever are transmitted by culicines.

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   Do Culicinae need air?

   • Culicinae pupae are aquatic and do not feed, but they do require air intake. All pupae must come to the water surface for air, with the exception of Mansonia and Coquillettidia species. Pupae are exarate, allowing movement of the exposed abdomen.

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › MosquitoMosquito - Wikipedia

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   Mosquitoes, the Culicidae, are a family of small flies consisting of 3,600 species. The word mosquito (formed by mosca and diminutive-ito) is Spanish and Portuguese for little fly. Mosquitoes have a slender segmented body, one pair of wings, three pairs of long hair-like legs, and specialized, highly elongated, piercing-sucking mouthparts.

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     Aedeomyia is a genus of flies belonging to the family...

   • Culicoidea

     Corethrellidae. Chaoboridae. Culicidae. The Culicoidea are a...

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › CulicinaeCulicinae - Wikipedia

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   The Culicinae are the most extensive subfamily of mosquitoes (Culicidae) and have species in every continent except Antarctica, but are highly concentrated in tropical areas. Mosquitoes are best known as parasites to many vertebrate animals and vectors for disease.

   • Class: Insecta
   • Kingdom: Animalia

   • Family: Culicidae
   • Phylum: Arthropoda

4. www.britannica.com › animal › mosquito-insectMosquito | Description, Life Cycle, Species, Diseases, & Facts

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   4 days ago · mosquito, (family Culicidae), any of approximately 3,500 species of familiar insects, some of which are important in public health because of the bloodsucking habits of the females. Mosquitoes are known to transmit serious diseases, including yellow fever, Zika fever, malaria, filariasis, and dengue.

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5. species.wikimedia.org › wiki › CulicidaeCulicidae - Wikispecies - Wikimedia

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   Apr 16, 2024 · Molecular approaches for blood meal analysis and species identification of mosquitoes (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae) in rural locations in southern England, United Kingdom. Zootaxa 4250 (1): 67–76. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4250.1.5.

6. www.australiangeographic.com.au › fact-file › factFact file: Mosquito (Culicidae) - Australian Geographic

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   A soft bodied insect, the mosquito belongs to the same family as the house and fruit fly as they all have two clear, veined wings. It’s these two wings which create the well-known whinging sound that mozzies are famous for, with the pitch of the buzzing changing as the creature varies its flapping frequency.

7. www.wikiwand.com › en › culicidaeMosquito - Wikiwand

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   Mosquitoes are approximately 3,600 species of small flies comprising the family Culicidae . Mosquitoes have a slender segmented body, one pair of wings, one pair of halteres, three pairs of long hair-like legs, and elongated mouthparts.