ID#: 21728
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This image depicted a close view of three elongated, cigar-shaped eggs, deposited by a female Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, one of the mosquito species responsible for spreading the West Nile virus. See PHIL 21723, for another view of this species’ eggs, which exhibit a leathery, speckled exterior.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Dr. Henry D. Pratt
Creation Date: 1967
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