Shoo..........

Shoo away the mos.... I din't.
He was sitting on my hand and screwing down his stylet deep into my flesh, while I was struggling to take my camera out of its sheath. I wanted to have him his fill and shoot him when full. But he grew self conscious soon and left me with a nasty itch.

Kerala is under the grip of chikungunya and for the moment mosquito is the most dreaded creature under the Sun. The Government is up in arms against the MOS.

Mosquitoes are flies in the family Culicidae. Over 3,000 known species of mosquitoes exist worldwide.You can see some interesting video clips on the feeding behaviour of mosquitos at http://www-rci.rutgers.edu/~insects/mosvid.htm and for a more scientific discription look at http://www.entomology.cornell.edu