Mosquito Bite

Mosquito Bite

"READY-OR-NOT-HERE-I-COME."<br><br>The boy listens.<br>The girl is getting closer.<br>Suddenly, there's another sound.<br>A droning buzz.<br>Something else is looking for the boy.<br><br>The seeker is a mosquito, Culex pipiens, and her search is a matter of life and death. She must find food—blood—to nourish the hundreds of tiny eggs inside her body.<br><br>Black-and-white photographs show the children's game of hide-and-seek, while astonishing micrographs show Culex and her world as seen through an electron microscope. Zoom in for a close-up view: A blade of grass looks like a menacing field of spines. A mosquito's eye becomes a bundle of tightly packed tubes.<br><br>Discover the life story of a mosquito from a truly larger-than-life point of view.