Difference between malaria and common mosquito.

Nothing can spoil an evening walk along a pond like mosquitoes. We have long ceased to pay attention to these annoying insects. Their bites are not too painful and the affected areas calm down rather quickly. However, they are not so harmless creatures. Mosquitoes can carry serious blood-borne diseases, small particles of which they carry on the tips of their proboscis.

The common mosquito is a blood-sucking insect belonging to the order Diptera. There are more than two hundred species of mosquitoes and not all feed on the blood of mammals. For example, almost all male mosquitoes are "vegetarians" and prefer flower nectar. Only the female's diet consists of blood. Mosquitoes are distinguished by a long nose, at the end of which females have sawtooth jaws. With their help, the mosquito gnaws through the skin and sucks blood through the hole. The mosquito is not stopped by either durable clothing or thick animal hair. And the spout is long enough to overcome these obstacles.

The malaria mosquito is a very harmful insect, as it carries a serious disease - malaria. Having drunk the blood of a sick person, the malaria mosquito becomes infected by itself. During the incubation period lasting 7-10 days, it is dangerous to humans. When bitten by such a mosquito, the parasites that cause malaria enter the bloodstream, and the person becomes infected. Outwardly and in lifestyle, the malaria mosquito does not differ much from the common mosquito, but there are still some differences.

The appearance of common and malaria mosquitoes

The size of a mosquito is 6-7 millimeters. It has a protruding breast, a long narrow abdomen and a pair of equally narrow wings. The legs of the anopheles mosquito are much longer than those of the common mosquito, and there are dark specks on the wings. The length of the articulated tentacles on the head of a female malaria mosquito is equal to the length of the proboscis, while in the common mosquito the tentacles are short, barely reaching a quarter of the length of the nose.

Position when landing on a horizontal surface

At the moment when the malaria mosquito is at rest and sits on any surface, its body makes an almost right angle with the plane. The body of a sitting common mosquito is more or less parallel to the surface.

Larvae

A mosquito during its life, and females live for about four months, and males for no more than 20 days, go through four stages of development: an egg from which the larva hatches, a pupa, an adult mosquito.

The larva of the common mosquito has a long respiratory tube at the end of its body. The larva of the malaria mosquito does not have such a tube, and the respiratory openings of such mosquitoes are sessile.

On the surface of the water, the larva of the common mosquito is at an angle, and the larva of the malaria mosquito lies horizontally.

Habitat

Malaria mosquitoes do not settle in overgrown, vegetated water bodies. They can be found in clear water, where filamentous algae grow, in the thickets of which mosquitoes take refuge. In the same reservoirs, they leave larvae.

The common mosquito can be found near any water. They are not embarrassed either by reservoirs, poor in flora and fauna, or by waterlogged and full of vegetation water surfaces. They live everywhere, except, perhaps, glaciers and deserts.

Conclusions TheDifference.ru

  1. The malaria mosquito is a carrier of malaria bacteria. His bite is dangerous to human health.
  2. The malaria mosquito differs from the common mosquito in appearance: it has specks on its wings and longer legs.
  3. The body of a common mosquito is almost parallel to the surface on which it sits. The body of the anopheles mosquito is almost perpendicular to the surface (see picture above)
  4. The common mosquito lives wherever there is at least some water, the anopheles mosquito prefers bodies of water with a clear transparent surface.
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