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Mosquito

Mosquitoes, the Culicidae, are a family of small flies consisting of 3,600 species. The word mosquito (formed by mosca and diminutive -ito) is Spanish and Portuguese for little fly.

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Description and life cycle

Feeding by adults

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Interactions with humans

In human culture

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Mosquito

Nodes285
Edges284
Triples344
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007018
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Mosquito

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related to Effect of climate change · 29
Mosquito → Aedes, An, Anopheles, Asian, Belgium, Climate, Culiseta, Dengue, East Africa, El Niño, England, Europe, For, France, Great Britain, Holland, Iceland, In, India, It
related to Finding hosts · 25
Mosquito → Another, Asian, Body, CO2, Culex, Female, First, In, In Aedes, Individuals, Infected, Infections, It, Many, Mosquitoes, Most, Of, People, Plasmodium-induced, Some
related to Fossil record · 24
Mosquito → Alberta, Anophelinae, Barremian, Burmaculex, Burmaculicinae, Burmese, Campanian, Canada, Canadian, Cenomanian, Cretaceous, Cretosabethes, Culicinae, Early Cretaceous, However, It, Jurassic, Late Cretaceous, Lebanese, Libanoculex
related to Taxonomy · 20
Mosquito → Anophelinae, British Museum, Colonies, Colony, Culicidae, Culicinae, English, Frederick Vincent Theobald, German, He, Johann Wilhelm Meigen, Joseph Chamberlain, Malaria, Natural History, Roughly, Secretary, State, The, There, They
related to Origin myths · 17
Mosquito → Altai, Andalma-Muus, Goldes, Japan, Jiki-ketsu-gaki, Lafcadio Hearn, Nanai, Native North American, One Ostiak, Other, Punegusse, Samoyed, Siberia, Similar, The, The Tatars, Yakuts
related to Adult · 14
Mosquito → Aedes, Anopheles, At, Chironomid, Females, In, Males, Mosquitoes, She, The, Their, Those, Toxorhynchites, When
related to Eggs · 12
Mosquito → Aedes, Anopheles, Culex, Culiseta, Females, Mansonia, Opifex, Oviposition, Some, The, Uranotaenia, Wyeomyia
related to External links · 12
Mosquito → Genera, IFASA, Internet ArchiveParasitic Insects, Medical, Mites, Mosquitoes, Quotations, The Life Cycle, Ticks, Veterinary Importance Wikibooks, WikiquoteMosquito, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Diet · 11
Mosquito → Aedes, Anopheles, Blood, Both, Disease, In, Malaya, Some Culex, The, Topomyia, Toxorhynchites
related to Pollination · 11
Mosquito → Aedes, Asteraceae, Cretaceous, It, Mosquitoes, Orchidaceae, Platanthera, Rosaceae, Several, They, UV

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mosquitoes species blood eggs aedes one host many egg adult including pupa skin malaria larvae females feed surface meal anopheles

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Mosquitois aproboscis0.90text
malariainstance ofThose species include vectors of parasitic diseases0.80text
filariasisinstance ofThose species include vectors of parasitic diseases0.80text
and arboviral diseases such as yellow feverinstance ofThose species include vectors of parasitic diseases0.80text
dengue feverinstance ofThose species include vectors of parasitic diseases0.80text
Culexinstance ofFemales in genera0.80text
Culisetainstance ofFemales in genera0.80text
and Uranotaenia lay their eggs in floating raftsinstance ofFemales in genera0.80text
carbon dioxideinstance ofFemale mosquitoes hunt for hosts by smelling substances0.80text
malaria can influence an individual's body odourinstance ofInfections0.80text
buildings or hollow treesinstance ofwhile adults of some species can survive winter by sheltering in microhabitats0.80text
Simuliidaeinstance oflike some other arctic midges in families0.80text

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