File:Aedes aegypti biting human.jpg

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Description

English: Stegomyia aegypti (formerly Aedes aegypti) mosquito biting a human.

Date

Last Modified: 05/23/2006

Source

Picture from the USDA website at http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/graphics/photos/aug00/k4705-9.htm

Author

Original author: US Department of Agriculture; then denoised rescaled, enhanced with adaptive denoising filters and minimal resharpening, then unscaled to original resolution, for easier refitting at various resolutions.

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