Phlebotomus pappatasi bloodmeal finished
This photograph depicts a Phlebotomus papatasi sandfly, which had landed atop the skin surface of the photographer, who’d volunteered himself as host for this specimen’s blood meal. The sandflies are members of... More
Phlebotomus pappatasi bloodmeal begin
This photograph depicts a Phlebotomus papatasi sandfly, which had landed atop the skin surface of the photographer, who’d volunteered himself as host for this specimen’s blood meal. The sandflies are members o... More
Phlebotomus pappatasi bloodmeal continue2
This photograph depicts a Phlebotomus papatasi sandfly, which had landed atop the skin surface of the photographer, who’d volunteered himself as host for this specimen’s blood meal. The sandflies are members of... More
Streptococcus mutans 01
Streptococcus mutans. Gram stain. Thioglycollate broth culture. Morphology is rod-like with chains when cultured on broth. Can cause subacute bacterial endocarditis and dental caries. Streptococci 日本語: ミュータンス菌.... More
CDC 11739 Cimex lectularius SEM
ID#: 11739 Description: This digitally-colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) revealed some of the ultrastructural morphology displayed on the ventral surface of a bedbug, Cimex lectularius. From this vi... More
Dracunculus medinensis - A close up of a dog with a toothbrush in its ...
Dracunculosis/Guinea Worm Disease. A method used to extract a Guinea worm from the leg vein of a human patient.
CDC-Gathany-Aedes-albopictus-2
Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, showing the typical white stripe on its back.
Aedes albopictus on human skin
A blood-engorged female Aedes albopictus mosquito feeding on a human host. Content Providers(s): CDC Copyright Restrictions: None - This image is in the public domain and thus free of any copyright restriction... More
Xenopsylla cheopis flea PHIL 2069 lores
ID#: 2069 Description: Plague infected male Xenopsylla cheopis 28 days after feeding on an inoculated mouse. During feeding, the flea draws viable Y. pestis organisms into its esophagus, which multiply and bloc... More
CDC-Gathany-Aedes-albopictus-1
Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, beginning its blood-meal
Public Domain Images - Puce rat larve
Xenopsylla cheopis (puce du rat) larve - domaine public - source http://phil.cdc.gov/ (image id 2741) Image recadrée et pivotée à 90°.
Ixodes ricinus ticks - A tick sitting on top of a white piece of paper
This is a male Ixodes ricinus tick (smaller) shown copulating with a female tick (larger). I. ricinus, the "castor bean" tick, so called because of its resemblance to the castor bean, is a vector for the B. bur... More
Pthirus pubis - crab louse - Public domain illustration drawing
Public domain scan of drawing of insect, zoological illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Aedes Albopictus - A close up of a mosquito on a person's arm
This is an Aedes albopictus female mosquito obtaining a blood meal from a human host. Under experimental conditions the Aedes albopictus mosquito, also known as the Asian tiger mosquito, has been found to be a... More
Cimex lectularius - A close up of a bed bug on a person's skin
BedbugDeutsch: Bettwanze
CDC 7959 Ochlerotatus japonicus
Original description from CDC: The mosquito pictured here in this 2005 photograph, was until recently known as Aedes japonicus, and is now labeled Ochlerotatus japonicus. This particular specimen was a member ... More
Amblyomma americanum tick 2
This photograph depicts a dorsal view of a female “lone star tick”, Amblyomma americanum. An ixodid or “hard” tick, A. americanum is found through the eastern and south-central states and can transmit disease a... More
Aedes aegypti CDC9177 - A close up of a mosquito on a person's finger
This 2006 image depicted a female Aedes aegypti mosquito as she was obtaining a blood-meal from a human host through her fascicle, which had penetrated the host skin, was reddening in color, reflecting the bloo... More
Aedes aegypti CDC9178 - A close up of a mosquito on a person's finger
This 2006 image depicted a female Aedes aegypti mosquito as she was completing the activity of obtaining a blood-meal from a human host through her fascicle, which she’d begun to resheath in her labium. Both st... More
Aedes aegypti CDC9180 - A close up of a mosquito on a person's arm
This 2006 image depicted a female Aedes aegypti mosquito as she was obtaining a blood-meal from a human host through her fascicle, which being transparent, reflected the blood’s red color. In this case, what wo... More
Aedes aegypti CDC07 - A close up of a mosquito on a person's finger
Aedes aegypti female
Aedes aegypti CDC9185 - A close up of a mosquito on a person's arm
Aedes aegypti female
Aedes aegypti CDC9187 - A close up of a mosquito on a black background
Aedes aegypti female
Body lice - Drawing. Public domain image.
This 2006 photograph depicted a dorsal view of a male body louse, Pediculus humanus var. corporis. Some of the external morphologic features displayed by members of the genus Pediculus include an elongated abdo... More
Aedes aegypti CDC9220 - A close up of a mosquito on a black background
Aedes aegypti female
Aedes aegypti CDC9252 - A close up of a mosquito on a person's arm
Aedes aegypti female
Aedes aegypti CDC9254 - A close up of a mosquito on a person's arm
Aedes aegypti female
Aedes aegypti CDC9256 - A close up of a mosquito on a person's arm
Aedes aegypti female
Aedes aegypti CDC04 - A close up of a mosquito on a human skin
Aedes aegypti female
Aedes aegypti CDC03 - A close up of a mosquito on a person's arm
Aedes aegypti female
Adult bed bug, Cimex lectularius
ID#: 9820 This 2006 photograph depicted a lateral view of an adult bed bug, Cimex lectularius, as it was in the process of ingesting a blood meal from the arm of a “voluntary” human host. Bed bugs are not vecto... More