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"READY-OR-NOT-HERE-I-COME."

The boy listens.
The girl is getting closer.
Suddenly, there''s another sound.
A droning buzz.
Something else is looking for the boy.

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.

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.

Discover the life story of a mosquito from a truly larger-than-life point of view.

Mosquito Bite

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    A Paperback / softback by Alexandra Siy, Dennis Kunkel

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      Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/02/2006
      ISBN13: 9781570915925, 978-1570915925
      ISBN10: 157091592X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      "READY-OR-NOT-HERE-I-COME."

      The boy listens.
      The girl is getting closer.
      Suddenly, there''s another sound.
      A droning buzz.
      Something else is looking for the boy.

      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.

      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.

      Discover the life story of a mosquito from a truly larger-than-life point of view.

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