Culicidae

Culicidae is one of the Families of the order of Diptera which belongs to the class of Hexapoda which in turns belong to the subphylum of Mandibulata or the phylum of Arthropod. Culicidae is further divided into 3 subfamilies which are Culicinae,Anophelinae and Toxorhynchinae. Culicinae forms 80% of Culicidae,it has 9 genera,the most common ones are Culex,Aedes and Masonia. Anophelinae has 3 genera and Anopheles are included in the subfamily of Anophelinae. The last subfamily which is Toxorhynchinae has one genus which is Toxorhynchinites.


The genera that belongs to the subfamily of Culicinae and Anophelinae are mostly vectors for disease such as Yellow Fever,Dengue,Malaria and so on. The females of this subfamilies need blood especially human blood for production of eggs while the males are veggies. Toxorhychinae are predators and mostly preys on the larvae of others. The females of this subfamily doesn't need blood for production of eggs.

Culicidae are sensitive creatures,their senses are good enuff to differentiate the blood group of its human prey,their favourite blood group is type O.

Culex
Viewed under microscope

Oh man,I'm too engrossed with this subject.Am I turning into Grissom of Csi? Seriously,I need to get a life,these days,its uni,home and work. I'm really looking forward for this weekend. To the readers,now u know the creature that keeps sucking ur blood at night and why.