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Mosquito species:
Anopheles species, Aedes aegypti, Culex species.
Breeding places: Lakes,
ponds, stagnant standing water source, slow moving stream, over
head tanks, drainage ditches, septic tank and sewage, artificial
containers( tyres, construction depressions), coconut pits,
wells, coolers.
Diseases caused: Malaria
, dengue, yellow fever, filariasis, encephalities.
Adult female mosquito is the only stage, which
feeds on blood, and so they are the one, which causes nuisance
by biting and transmitting various diseases of public health
importance.
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