Lucas Bustamante / Mosquito (Culicidae) feeding on the back of an Equatorial anole (Anolis aequatorialis) Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador.

Ingo Arndt / Mosquito (Culicidae) freshly hatched sitting on water surface with reflection, Germany.

Ingo Arndt / Mosquito (Culicidae) egg faft floating on surface of water, Germany

Phil Savoie / Mosquito (Culex pipiens) carrier of the West Nile Virus close-up

Jan Hamrsky / Mosquito (Culex pipiens) larva below its pupa case. Europe, August.

Jan Hamrsky / Mosquito (Culex pipiens) adult emerging through water surface from larva. Europe, August.

Daniel Heuclin / Mosquito (Anopheles gambiae) feeding on human in controlled conditions. The body is becoming engorged with blood. Malaria vector. Africa, June. Engorging sequence 2 of 3. Model released

Stephen Dalton / Mosquito (Aedes sp) in flight

Stephen Dalton / Mosquito (Culicidae) newly emerged adult on water's surface

Stephen Dalton / Spitting spider (Scytodes thoracica) approaching mosquito on glazed surface, UK, Scytotidae

Martin Dohrn / Mosquito {Culex pipiens} emerging from pupa at water surface, UK

Martin Dohrn / Mosquito {Culex pipiens} emerging from pupa at water surface, UK