Mosquito
Photo of Adult Mosquito, Gresham, OR.........January, 1995.
Photo
at right is of larval mosquitoes, Gresham, OR......August 1994.
Mosquitoes are insects whose larvae live underwater, and whose
adult forms live as pests near marshy areas. The larvae feed on plant materials.
They breathe air, coming to the surface where they move their abdominal tubes
to the surface to respire. Adult females drink the blood of warm-blooded vertebrates,
sensing their prey with special heat-seeking antennae. The males are exclusively
nectar feeders, and as such are important flower pollenators.
Photo of larval mosquito, Gresham, OR..........August 1994.
Paul Slichter