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trol measures arc inaugurated, it seems safe to say 

 that the average life of the adult female mosquito is 

 between thirty and forty days, perhaps nearer thirty. 

 This does not, of course, refer to hibernation. 



Fig. 21. A typical Anopheles breeding place. The water is shallow and clear. The 

 Inspector ready to oil the surface. Such pools can usually be drained. 



Flight. — A very common observation is that the 

 Anopheline mosquitoes are not as strong fliers as most 

 Culicine species. If Anophelines are found, one can 

 rest assured that their breeding place is somewhere 

 very near, usually within two hundred yards. 



Unlike certain other species of mosquitoes, notably 



