mosquito
Jun 29 2009, Jeremy Taylor

Filed under: Health We all know, but we rarely say it out loud. Mosquitos are bastards. And that’s just talking about how annoying they can be in our own part of the world. So spare a thought for those who have to deal with mozzies in parts where they als

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An undated photo provided by the Northwest Mosquito Abatement District in Wheeling, Ill., shows two varieites of mosquitoes. At the left is Culex pipiens, also known as the northern house mosquito. It is the specie mainly responsible for transmitting the.