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ID#:

20514

Caption:

This flamboyantly colored mosquito is known as Sabethes cyaneus, and is a natural inhabitant of the Panamanian forest canopy. This particular specimen was an offspring of a colony of mosquitoes that had been raised in captivity at Ohio State University, and in its larval form, had been sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), where it hatched. Note its brilliant iridescent purple, blue and gold coloration, as well as the large, feather-shaped mass of setae adorning the tibiae of its middle pair of jointed legs. See PHIL 15781, for another view of this mosquito in an environmental setting. The medical importance of some Sabethes spp. mosquitoes, lies in their ability to play the role as a yellow fever vector.

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Content Provider(s):

CDC/ Prof. Woodbridge Foster; Prof. Frank H. Collins

Creation Date:

2013

Photo Credit:

James Gathany

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CDC Organization