Want some Dengue?

AEDES AEGYPTI - This life form needs not much introduction other than its common name - DENGUE mosquito. Claiming thousands of lives a year, this billion-dollor disease causing breed of deadly flies is easily one of the most feared mosquitoes yet, apart from the Malaria causing mosquito (female Anopheles).

It has a characteristic bright-white spots all over its body, and its legs are striped with white over what appears to be black / brown in color.

If you locate too many of these blood suckers around you, you may be a potential patient to a nearby hospital. Not that you aren't aren't at risk if you find only one or two of these.

comments (4)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

I'm still glad you introduced it, if not for the educational value alone! Posted 10 years ago
1. Avinash Krishnamurthy
  
  Musk Oxen
  
  It was an unexpected, but fortunate find of the mosquito in the image. Fortunate because I got to learn how to identify the mosquito.
  
  I wanted to try a Macro of a mosquito, which I did, and later I identified the species to be a dangerous one. I had to share it for more of its educational value. Currently Dengue is one of the most deadliest diseases in India. Posted 10 years ago

Christine Young

Lion

Nice shots, but I'm sorry to say that this is not Aedes aegypti. It is definitely a species of Aedes/Ochlerotatus though, but I'm not familiar with the species in your area. Either way, they are nice shots of a gravid female! Posted 7 years ago

Nil

Eagle Owl

Hi ! Definitely not Aedes aegypti as Christine said but nice shot anyway ! Posted 2 years ago

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