The malaria-carrying mosquito can be identified by ils speckled wings. Also, in biting, it appears to be diving into the' skin surface. When tone sees a mosquito taking such an altitude, it is advisable to slap the creature without loss of time.
The striped mosquito is often mistaken for the malaria species, but is in reality what is often called the Niger-mosquito which confines ity bit-Ing to the daytime, Is not a carrier of malaria, and has been found by Dr. Hu to be incapable of developing the Mlaria to the mature stage where becomes a menace.
'The big black mosquito seldom bites human beings but when it does Indulge Ina snack from a human source, an alarmingly large welt results' which may lead the-victim to believe that spiders and have been at him. Its bile is comparatively harmless, it is believed,
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