ID#: 21844
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This photomicrograph depicted a larval, Mansonia uniformis mosquito, which had attached itself to a plant stem, by way of its siphon. It would obtain its oxygen supply through this mechanical union, while it remained submerged during this larval phase of development. See PHIL 21843, for a closer view of this larva's siphon tube. The chitinous, serrated plates contained within the sheath of the larva’s siphon, are in the shape of a curved saw blade, and are used to pierce an aquatic plant rootlet, unto which it will latch, in order to obtain its oxygen supply, while the larva matures submerged within its aqueous environment.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Harry B. Weinburgh
Creation Date: 1967
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