Mosquitoes

By Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw

Publishers Summary:
Discusses the mosquito's habits, development, and diseases it carries, as well as ways to control these creatures.

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ISBN
978-0-82340-627-2
Publisher
New York : Holiday House, c1986.


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on December 1, 1986

Gr 4-6 Patent uses labeled magnified photographs and short segments of text to demonstrate the physical characteristics of this familiar insect pest. The transparent body of the larva in its watery home, the pupa, and the flying nectar and blood-consuming adult are shown enormously larger than life. The magnification provides a close-up view of fine body parts, but is so extreme that all semblance of reality is lost; these distorted giants are dramatic, but actual size is never shown nor adequa...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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