mosquitoes

     

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Trivia about mosquitoes

  • In 1897 Dr. Ronald Ross demonstrated that malaria was transmitted by these insects
  • At 5/8" in length, the Gallinipper is one of the largest of these pests whose name is Spanish for "little fly"
  • Doctors Without Borders has given out nets in malaria-ridden Guinea; not for basketball but to stop these insects