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“PUBLIC ENEMY #1”
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*’mosquitoes’ are small, midge-like flies that constitute the family ‘culicidae’*
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Females of most species are ectoparasites, whose tube-like mouthparts (called a proboscis) pierce the hosts’ skin to consume blood.
(the word ‘mosquito’ (formed by mosco + diminutive -ito) is ‘spanish’ for “little fly”)
Thousands of species feed on the blood of various kinds of hosts, mainly vertebrates, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and even some kinds of fish.
Some mosquitoes also attack invertebrates, mainly arthropods.
Though the loss of blood is seldom of any importance to the victim, the saliva of the mosquito often causes an irritating rash that is a serious nuisance.
Much more serious though, are the roles of many species of mosquitoes as vectors of diseases
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(in passing from host to host, some transmit extremely harmful infections such as…)
malaria,
yellow fever,
Chikungunya,
West Nile virus,
dengue fever,
filariasis,
Zika virus
and other arboviruses,
(rendering it the deadliest animal family in the world)
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vampires that subsist on the blood of humans…
they leave you itchy…
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*SUMMER 2016*
(covered in mosquito bites)
(chalk it up to my homelessness)
(sleeping in washington square park)
(and on the porch of arc 38)
(my mother is appalled)
(looks like heroin needle “tracks”)
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*AUGUST 2013*
(61 clearview avenue)
(princeton NJ)
(i have mosquito bites all over my body after the housemates lured me to the back porch to drink + smoke)
(red spots are forming along my right bicep)
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*JUNE 2004*
(i’ve got some nasty mosquito bites on my leg)
(probably from the party ‘saturday night’)
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥