Jan Hamrsky / Mosquito larvae and pupa (Culex sp.), Europe, August, controlled conditions, focus stacked

Jan Hamrsky / Mosquito larva (Culex sp.), Europe, August, controlled conditions

Lucas Bustamante / Mosquito (Culicidae) feeding on the back of an Equatorial anole (Anolis aequatorialis) Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador.

David Pattyn / Black necked grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) catching a mosquito on the water surface while foraging. The Netherlands. April 2014

David Pattyn / Black necked grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) portrait of an adult approaching a mosquito on the water surface while foraging. The Netherlands. April 2014

Alexander Badyaev / Deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) on giant puffball mushroom, watching mosquito in the moonlight. Blackfoot Valley, Western Montana, USA, July. Winner of the Mammals category, Wildlife Photographer...

Jussi Murtosaari / Daubenton's bat (Myotis daubentonii) hunting a mosquito. central Finland, June.

Visuals Unlimited / Mosquito (Culex pipiens) female feeding on human blood, while a second mosquito is arriving.

Visuals Unlimited / Mosquito (Culex pipiens) backlit while drinking blood.

Phil Savoie / Mosquito (Culex pipiens) carrier of the West Nile Virus close-up

Jan Hamrsky / Mosquito (Culex pipiens) larva below its pupa case. Europe, August.

Jan Hamrsky / Mosquito (Culex pipiens) adult emerging through water surface from larva. Europe, August.

Daniel Heuclin / Mosquito (Anopheles gambiae) feeding on human in controlled conditions. The body is becoming engorged with blood. Malaria vector. Africa, June. Engorging sequence 2 of 3. Model released

Ingo Arndt / Mosquito (Culicidae) egg faft floating on surface of water, Germany

Stephen Dalton / Mosquito (Aedes sp) in flight

Stephen Dalton / Mosquito (Culicidae) newly emerged adult on water's surface

Stephen Dalton / Mosquito (Culicidae) female feeding on human blood, controlled conditions

Ingo Arndt / Mosquito (Culicidae) freshly hatched sitting on water surface with reflection, Germany.

Stephen Dalton / Spitting spider (Scytodes thoracica) approaching mosquito on glazed surface, UK, Scytotidae

Jack Dykinga / Sand dunes with cracked clay marking the last flash flood, Creosote bushes (Larrea tridentata) flowering in the background, Mosquito Flats, Death Valley National Park, California, USA

Jack Dykinga / Sand dunes with patterns caused by wind, Mosquito Flats, Death Valley National Park, California, USA

Wild Wonders of Europe / Smit / Robber fly (Asilidae) with mosquito prey hanging from leaf, Gornje Podunavlje Special Nature Reserve, Serbia, June 2009

Kim Taylor / Greater Bladderwort (Utricularia major) bladder with trapped mosquito larva, showing head still protruding from the mouth of the bladder. Surrey, UK

Kirkendall-Spring / Beach at Mosquito Creek on the Wilderness Coast, Olympic NP, Washington, USA

Kim Taylor / Mosquito (Aedes punctor) female resting after sucking blood from human arm. Sequence 4/4

Kim Taylor / Mosquito (Aedes punctor) female sucking blood from human arm. Sequence 3/4

Kim Taylor / Mosquito (Aedes punctor) female sucking blood from human arm. Sequence 1/4

Kim Taylor / Mosquito {Culex pipiens} female emerging from aquatic pupa, UK.

Kim Taylor / Mosquito (Culex pipiens) female

Kim Taylor / Mosquito {Culex pipiens} female emerging from pupa Digital composite, UK. Captive.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Mosquito hatching from larval case {Culicidae} Switzerland

Rolf Nussbaumer / Mosquito larvae {Culicidae} Switzerland

John Waters / John Downer Prod / Black lemur uses millipede secretions to ward off mosquitos and as a happy drug (Resolution restriction - image digitised from film, 'Weird Nature' tv series)

Warwick Sloss / Mosquito {Anopheles gambiae} female sucking blood from human

Martin Dohrn / Mosquito gorged with human blood {Culex pipiens} UK

Martin Dohrn / Newly emerged mosquito waits for exoskeleton to harden {Culex pipiens} C UK UK

Martin Dohrn / Mosquito {Culex pipiens} emerging from pupa at water surface, UK

Martin Dohrn / Mosquito {Culex pipiens} emerging from pupa at water surface, UK

Martin Dohrn / Mosquito adult emerging from pupa at water surface {Culex pipiens} UK

Martin Dohrn / Mosquito {Culex pipiens} larva about to emerge from pupa at water surface UK

Martin Dohrn / Mosquito {Culex pipiens} larvae filter feeding at surface of water. UK

Piotr Naskrecki / Yellow Fever Mosquito (Aedes aegypti) female feeding on human blood, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Gerry Ellis / Mosquito Cove at dusk, Antigua, Caribbean

David Perpinan / Rack focus between Non-biting chironomid midges (Chironomidae) and Mosquito larva (Culex sp.) on the water's surface and unidentified Polychaetes underwater, Barcelona, Spain, May. Controlled conditio...

David Perpinan / Non-biting chironomid midge (Chironomidae) resting on surface of water while its exoskeleton hardens, surrounded by Mosquito larva (Culex sp.), Barcelona, Spain, May. Controlled conditions.

Nigel Cattlin / South American mosquito (Anopheles albimanus) a malaria transmitting vector insect feeding on blood from a human hand

Nigel Cattlin / South American mosquito (Anopheles albimanus) a malaria transmitting vector insect feeding on blood from a human hand

Nigel Cattlin / African mosquito (Anopheles gambiae) a malaria transmitting vector insect feeding on blood from a human hand