A female Aedes aegypti mosquito resting on human skin after taking a blood meal. Her abdomen is red and full of blood and she is resheathing her fascicle into her labium, which are components that make up her proboscis, or mouthparts.
A male Aedes aegypti mosquito resting on a pink azalea flower.
​An adult female Aedes aegypti mosquito emerging from her pupal case and rising out of the water on a green background.
​Two Aedes aegypti mosquito larvae in water with a blue and gray background. The larvae hang down from their siphons, which allow them to breathe air at the water's surface.
​A female Aedes albopictus mosquito taking a blood meal. Her abdomen is red and full of blood and the background is green.
Two Aedes albopictus mosquito pupae in water with a blue background. The pupal stage is the stage immediately before adulthood and details of the adult mosquito can be seen through the pupal case.
A female Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito taking a blood meal. She has just started feeding, so her abdomen is not yet full of blood and the background is green.
​A female Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito taking a blood meal. Her abdomen is red and full of blood and the background is green.
​A female Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito preparing to take a blood meal. Her proboscis (mouthparts) is probing human skin and the background is green.
Two Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito larvae in water. The background is green.
​Two Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito pupae in water with a dark blue background. The pupal stage is the stage immediately before adulthood and details of the adult mosquito can be seen through the pupal case.
​A Culex tarsalis mosquito egg raft floating on the surface of water. Eggs are deposited on water by an adult female mosquito and stick together to form a raft. The background is blue.

All images in this gallery were done for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and are in the Public Domain.

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