Piotr Naskrecki / Yellow Fever Mosquito (Aedes aegypti) female feeding on human blood, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Stephen Dalton / Mosquito (Aedes sp) in flight

Kim Taylor / Mosquito (Aedes punctor) female resting after sucking blood from human arm. Sequence 4/4

Kim Taylor / Mosquito (Aedes punctor) female sucking blood from human arm. Sequence 3/4

Kim Taylor / Mosquito (Aedes punctor) female sucking blood from human arm. Sequence 1/4

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Yellow Fever Mosquito (Aedes aegypti) hatching from pupa, native worldwide

Ingo Arndt / Mosquito (Aedes sp) on branch covered with dew, before sunrise, Germany, October.

Ingo Arndt / Mosquito (Aedes sp) on branch covered with dew, before sunrise, Germany, October.

Solvin Zankl / Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) sucking blood. This species is a vector for the yellow fever virus, West Nile virus (WNV) , dengue fever and Chikungunya fever. Freiburg, Germany

Solvin Zankl / Scientist looking at breeding cage for Yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti). Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNI). Hamburg, Germany. April 2016.

Solvin Zankl / Mosquito (Ochlerotatus japonicus) adult, invasive species, Freiburg, Germany. August.

Solvin Zankl / Scientist preparing trays of Yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti) larvae for reproduction in a laboratory at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, (BNI), Hamburg, Germany, April 2016.

Solvin Zankl / Yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti) (left female and right male) vector for Zika virus, yellow fever virus and dengue fever. Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, (BNI). Hamburg, Germany,...

Solvin Zankl / Mosquito (Ochlerotatus japonicus) pupa breathing atmospheric oxygen at surface. The left one is about to moult as indicated by the silvery shine. Invasive Species, Freiburg, Germany

Solvin Zankl / Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus / Stegomyia albopicta) sucking blood, a vector for the yellow fever virus, West Nile virus (WNV) , dengue fever and Chikungunya fever. Freiburg, Germany

Solvin Zankl / Mosquito (Aedes rusticus / Ochlerotatus rusticus) newly emerged adult reflected in water, resting on the water surface for a few minutes to sclerotise. Weser, Solling, Germany

Solvin Zankl / Yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti) larva, vector for transmitting Zika virus, yellow fever virus and dengue fever. Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, (BNI). Hamburg, Germany

Solvin Zankl / Mosquito (Aedes rusticus / Ochlerotatus rusticus) newly emerged adult reflected in water, resting on the water surface for a few minutes to sclerotise. Weser, Solling, Germany

Solvin Zankl / Mosquito (Ochlerotatus japonicus) adult sucking blood, Freiburg, Germany. Invasive species.

Solvin Zankl / Mosquito (Ochlerotatus japonicus) adult, invasive species, Freiburg, Germany, August.

Solvin Zankl / Yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti) sucking blood, vector for transmitting Zika virus, yellow fever virus and dengue fever. Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, (BNI). Hamburg, Germany

Solvin Zankl / Mosquito (Aedes rusticus / Ochlerotatus rusticus) newly emerged adult reflected in water, resting on the water surface for a few minutes to sclerotise. Weser, Solling, Germany

Solvin Zankl / Scientist collecting invasive mosquito species to Germany. Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus), Freiburg, Germany, August 2015.

Solvin Zankl / Yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti) vector for transmitting Zika virus, yellow fever virus and dengue fever. Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, (BNI). Hamburg, Germany, August.

Solvin Zankl / Scientist collecting invasive mosquito species to Germany. Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus), Freiburg, Germany, August.

Solvin Zankl / Mosquito (Ochlerotatus japonicus) adult, Invasive Species, Freiburg, Germany, August.

Solvin Zankl / Larva Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) a vector for the yellow fever virus, West Nile virus (WNV) , dengue fever and Chikungunya fever. Freiburg, Germany, August.

Solvin Zankl / Scientist collecting invasive mosquito species to Germany. Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus), Freiburg, Germany, August.

Solvin Zankl / Mosquito (Aedes rusticus / Ochlerotatus rusticus) adult emerging through water surface from pupa. Weser, Solling, Germany.

Solvin Zankl / Yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti) on human skin, beginning to feed, is the vector for transmitting Zika virus, yellow fever virus and dengue fever. Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine,...

Solvin Zankl / Yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti) larva, is the vector for transmitting Zika virus, yellow fever virus and dengue fever. Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, (BNI). Hamburg, Germany, A...

Solvin Zankl / Mosquito (Ochlerotatus japonicus) pupa breathing atmospheric oxygen at surface. Invasive Species, Freiburg, Germany, August.

Solvin Zankl / Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) male feeding on fruit a vector for the yellow fever virus, West Nile virus (WNV) , dengue fever and Chikungunya fever. Freiburg, Germany, August.

Mark Bowler / Yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti) a mosquito that can spread dengue fever, chikungunya, and yellow fever viruses, and other diseases.

Kim Taylor / Mosquito (Aedes punctor) female on human arm. Surrey, England, August

Ingo Arndt / Mosquito (Aedes sp) on branch covered with dew, Germany

Mark Moffett / Mosquito (Aedes sp) feeding on Small Northern Bog Orchid (Platanthera obtusata) flower, Ely, Minnesota

Nick Upton / Female mosquito (Aedes geniculatus) resting on a leaf. This is a treehole breeding species, Wiltshire, UK, June

Stephen Dalton / Yellow fever mosquito (Aedes sp) taking blood from human, Note drop of clear liquid being exuded, from the east coast of South Africa

Stephen Dalton / Mosquito {Aedes sp} landing on human skin

Konrad Wothe / Mosquito (Aedes cantans) male, India

Albert Lleal / Asian Tiger Mosquito (Aedes albopictus), SEM view of a wing detail at 210 magnification

Albert Lleal / Asian Tiger Mosquito (Aedes albopictus) SEM close-up view of tip of buccal sucking apparatus

Albert Lleal / Mosquito (Aedes sp) SEM close-up of the head of a female showing the modified ovipositor used to obtain blood from host species, an appendage which does not exist among males

Albert Lleal / Mosquito (Aedes sp) SEM close-up of the hairy veins of a wing at 280x magnification

Ingo Arndt / Mosquito (Aedes sp) hatching on waters surface, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Mosquito (Aedes sp) hatching on waters surface, Germany

Mark Moffett / Asian Tiger Mosquito (Aedes albopictus) swarm in Tiputini, Ecuador

Nature Production / Asian Tiger Mosquito {Aedes albopictus} after sucking blood, Japan

Kim Taylor / Mosquito (Aedes punctor) female sucking blood from human arm. Sequence 2/4

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Asian Bush Mosquito (Aedes japonicus) feeding on human, Shiga, Japan

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Asian Bush Mosquito (Aedes japonicus) feeding on human, Shiga, Japan

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Asian Tiger Mosquito (Aedes albopictus) feeding on human, Shiga, Japan

Ingo Arndt / Mosquito (Aedes sp) on branch covered with dew, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Mosquito (Aedes sp) on branch covered with dew, Germany

Roman Willi / Asian bush mosquito (Aedes japonicus) feeding on human blood, Lucerne, Switzerland. July.

Doug Wechsler / Eastern treehole mosquito (Aedes triseriatus) resting on water surface in tree hole cavity, Camp Woods Preserve, Pennsylvania, USA. June.

Nigel Cattlin / Female Egyptian mosquito (Aedes aegypti) on a human hand feeding on blood through its sharp proboscis.

Steve Gettle / Mosquito (Aedes atlanticus), Brighton Recreation Area, Michigan

Doug Wechsler / Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) biting the photographer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. June.

Doug Wechsler / Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) full of blood on tree bark, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA. August.

Solvin Zankl / Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) larva moving from side to side. This is a vector for the yellow fever virus, West Nile virus (WNV), dengue fever and Chikungunya fever. Freiburg, Germany, Augus...