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SC3025: Anopheles gambiae taking a blood meal, mosquitos are nectar feeders but before laying eggs the female requires iron and protein from blood.The mouthparts are a pair of needle like tubes, and with each bite, one tube sends anti-coagulants and other chemicals into the hosts bloodstream so that blood flows freely into her stomach
   
 
   
   
     
 

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