Nigel Cattlin / Tungro virus (Rice (Oryza sativa) tungro bacilliform virus) on diseased, damaged Rice (Oryza sativa) plot, Philippines

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

Daniel Heuclin / Vinchuca (Triatoma infestans) walking across human skin. The bug is a blood feeder, and vector of Chagas disease. Controlled conditions. Bolivia, April.

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 (Culicidae) female feeding on human blood, controlled conditions

Kim Taylor / Tsetse fly {Glossina morsitans} feeding on human arm, from Africa

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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / Malaria mosquito (Anopheles stephensi) mosquito vector for malaria. Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, (BNI). Hamburg, Germany

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