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OCR: the threat was taken seriously. The mosquito model, which was first displayed at the Museum in 1917-18 is scientifically perfect The spotting on the wings and the long tubelike mouth parts are characteristics of Anopheles mosquitoes, several species of which carry malaria parasites While only female insects bite and therefore transmit disease to humans, this model male Anopheles. Constituting the Family Culicidae mosquitoes belong to the order of two-winged insects or true flies (Diptera) They are most numerous in tropical and subtropical regions displaved