1920x1080 brown mosquito perched on green leaf HD wallpaper free download

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Wallpaper size:

1920 x 1080

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1080P

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Uploaded:

2017-09-04

Wallpaper keywords:

• Woodland Mosquito,
• brown,
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• Culicidae,
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• close-up,
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• 1920x1080,
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Wallpaper dominant color:

• olive drab
• yellow green
• dark olive green

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About mosquito

Mosquitoes are small, midge-like flies that constitute the family Culicidae. 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 and 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 other 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. In passing from host to