The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-16

nation than ever. 4 few decades dso
men knew that there were only few
species. or tribes. OF mosquitoes. Now
they know 100 species, and the END Is Ho'
yet. 49,.
One OF the most interesting additions
to our knowledge of the mosquito IS that
just given out by the Smithsonian insu- /
tuition, which is the result Of the lENSs-
LEGATIONS made BY August Busck OF tIis
mosquito life along the Panama tdhd'.
By patient search, covering the enc OF one
dry season and the beginning Of the
following rainy season he was aele 70
get together ninety different KINGS o.
them. Some OF them were good, others
were bad. and a few were indiIieIeht-
The good ones seemed 10 make busi-
ness OF eating the young OF the odu
ones, while the Indifferent ones ala no
more harm than to bite whenever oppVr
tunity offered. Thirty Of the species ne
found were entirely new TO science. ana
1t is his opinion that continued search
would reveal still others But even tHe
present knowledge Of the isthmian mos
quito shows more different species ~
that territory than in any other terri
tory OF equal size in the world
There are three kinds Of mosquitoes
which are most familiar TO the layInsh,
Just as the Smith, Brown ana Jones
families are said to be the most numer-
Gus in the English-spe alSing world Inc
most familiar OF the mosquito ianilliSS
IS the CuleX. There are dozens Q. CT III
ferert branches Of this family, out tht
kinship is not so remote but that the en-
tomOiOgist can trace the likeness IRIS
Culex family Of mosquitoes is a very re
puts bic one. OF course II bites. ard Is
very bothersonae at times. but vet II mas
never been convicted of any high crimes
and misdemeauOrs. such, for instance as
the spread Of disease.
Next tC the Culexes are the Anopneles-
There is but it'll, 10 be said in their be-
half. though they arr able to put Up
pretty good defense. They are the car
riers of the malaria germ. Science mas
rot made out a good case against the
whole family, and IL appears thar there
are some Of them which do not deserve
the opprObTium that the SUFFERER IRON
chills and fever hurs at the whole trlbe.
But the most Of them 90 spread malaria
/ They. however, take q different view OF
the situation. From their standpoint II
1 is man that gives them malaria, and they
/ only return # with interest.
II happens this way: Here IS SPLEEN
did looking specimen Of the mosquito kind
"a female always. She happens 10 meet
I with a person on her travels, ana she
concludes to suck a little blood. ono
never heard Of such a thing as malaria
/ and the person does not advise her Of
the fact that he has It. The result Is q
sick mosquito, suffering from malaria.
She loafs around a while nursing her
self back to health, and when she gets
/ we'll enough to travel about again, she
/ gets thirst for human gore once more,
/ and bites some other person. she mas
[ a little saw, and spear with which she at
lacks him. and IN order to aid in the
/ extraction Of the blood she puts little
, saliva into tho wound she makes II so
/ happens that IN this saliva is the germ
3 that she caught from biting the other
! person and in this way the second per
/ son gets il. When this germ lands into
/ the second human body it attacks the red
+ corpuscies IN the Hood. The germ null
tfplics with lightning rapidity. and the
chills and fever follow the breaking %
I the corpuscles asunder in sreat num-
! bers.
The third family known to the layman.
/ is the StegOmyia This is the family
that is responsible for the spread Of yell
/ low fever Some Of the members are
probably innocent. but the Whole family
has been put under the ban This FAM
/ ily constitutes the aristocracy Of the mos
Z quito world. These mosquitoes wish no
mud puddles for their homes, no dwell
ing pla ices in sWamps. They want fash
iouable quarters near human beings. They
want clean quarters. too Ihese quar-
lers must b. rain barrels. vases. idle Wa
ter buckets and such pieces. They DO
no, care 10 go out IN the sun or tly
around I'm the wind. They Ike TO i've in
PEOPLES houses, and to adjust their nab
lis to those Of the household. while the
Anoph lies family insist on coming around
. after bedtime.
The health Of each member OF the ste
sonIyia family is always good until one
happens TO bite some person Who ha7
yellow fever. Through drinking this sich
person blood il gets a germ into It's lit
T tie inside that makes IL SICK. RMS germ
. eats through the walls Of the mosquito :
, stomach and plays other bad tricks, ~
/ the end of twelve days that germ has
3 recOVue a live wire even though IL is so
. fine that the best microscope fails to re-
veal IT, When an infected mosquito wants
another dinner of human blood and bites
. & person. It hands back the germ Il in
I adverteuuv took from the yellow fever
I patient il had bitten before. This germ
does not attack the red eoTpuscies Hike
Hr.a 1.rH#
( part instead. with even more fatal et-
4 feels. The StegOmyia defends itself by
I showing that never in the history OF It's
race diu il give yellow fever 70 man IN
7 til man had first given the disease to it
/ And il would take a judge wise enough Il
! tell which came first. the egg OF tbs
Z hen to decide whether man first gave
yellow fever to the mosquito or the mos
quito TO man.
The male mosquito is something of a
musician. and if YOU want TO see him al
attention make q sound OF Jlz vibrations
to the second, and he Will begin to dance
around with the grace Of a peacock. Tina
is the tone I'm which his mate calls Him
A southern electrician some years agt
accidentally learned about this trait OF
the mosquito. lie was experimenting
with q harmonic telegraph instrument
The moment the instrument reached q
certain pitch every male mosquito with
in hearing distance came hot-fOot to the
scene. but the sound had no attractions
Z TOT LIe lCtAdlte-
IL is said that the Culsx females Away.
mediate q while before biting. but thai
thu AuoDheles go right into the bloody
work with the air OF 2 surgeon whC
would have il quickly over. 1t is con
tended that the fact that the male mos
quito never bites is not TO be attributed
to any particular forbearance or goodness
Of heart. but rather TO the fact that ht
head is not properly equipped for blood
sucking on 2 satisfactory scale. Some o
the recent investigators even go so far az
I to believe that it is an acquired habi
with the female and not a natural one
1t will be remembered that there is
wild bird which learns TO Kill sheep ate
long association with the shepherd
flocks So it is with the female mOsqui
tees. according to these investigators
These insects first learn to sup liquid
from the eyes Of animals aud then &C
/ quire the habit OF going beneath the skin
In many instances. it is asserted the
acquire treir taste for blood by makini
/ a dinner I'm fresh wounds. They have
little bulb IN their proboscis like a foun
tain pen filler, and draw the blood viii
/ that.
/ Some mosqu toes will bite one Dersol