As it turns out, a bloodsucking, disease-spreading creature can also be also surprisingly majestic. Entomologist and photographer Alex Wild captured these macro photos of Aedes aegypti, aka yellow fever mosquitoes, as they emerged from their pupa, discarding their cocoon-like skin underwater then entering the air, for the first time, as an adult. Wild took the photos in tandem with a research project in Leslie Vosshall's neurobiology lab at Rockefeller University, which is studying the animals' ...
These Photos Of Mosquitoes Emerging From Their Pupas Reveal The Insects' Hidden Beauty
The Huffington Post - 4 Jun 2014 21:55
As it turns out, a bloodsucking, disease-spreading creature can also be also surprisingly majestic. Entomologist and photographer Alex Wild captured these macro photos of Aedes aegypti, aka yellow fever mosquitoes, as they emerged from their pupa, discarding their cocoon-like skin underwater then entering the air, for the first time, as an adult. Wild took the photos in tandem with a research project in Leslie Vosshall's neurobiology lab at Rockefeller University, which is studying the animals' ...
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