Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 671
A FAVORITE NESTING -PLACE OFTHE MOSQUITO. The eggs are laid on the surface, andthe young mosquitos swim in the water. … A MOSQUITO EXPERIENCE. She approaches, expectant, on bloody business bent, singing a high-pitched, joyful song. She alights upon the investigators sleeve, and the songceases. She likes not the sampling thereof, and removes, the song contin-ued, to the willing victims finger-tip. She proceeds to…
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