sumodan

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mosquito activity

Ifamous @ifa225 (14461) • Indonesia 18 Apr 10

Do they more active in night than noon? I found many mosquito in night more than in noon.which more dangerous, mosquito night or noon?

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sumodan There are about 3000 species of mosquitoes in the world. Majority of them are night biters. Malaria mosquitoes (Anopheles)and Filaria mosquitoes (Culex)are night biters but those transmit Dengue, Chikungunya and Yellow fever (Aedes mosquitoes)are day biters....

7 May 10

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World's biggest mosquito??

ghazal2k5 @ghazal2k5 (920) • India 6 Sep 08

Pardon me if i seem like exaggarating but is this world's biggest mosquito or does it come from Jurrasic park? I have never seen a mosquito this big in my life. And just this morning i was shocked when i saw it sitting on my 2...

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sumodan It is not a mosquito at all! It's a crane fly (Tipulidae.) Dr.P.K. Sumodan Assistant Professor of Zoology, India

7 May 10