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Life Cycle of Malaria Parasite in the Mosquito

Mosquitoes are vegetarian in nature preferring the nectar that they collect. So why do they bite humans? The only time that they bite humans is when the females are pregnant and require nutrition for the growing eggs. This is HHMI's life cycle of Malaria parasite in the mosquito.

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