Unsuspected Mosquito Ambush

Wingbeat frequency resonates in exhausted ears as her body bangs against a fortress of nylon-tented walls

Like a hunter, she uses chemical, visual, and heat detecting weapons to stalk her exhausted, sweating prey

Her compound eyes and antennae sense exhaled carbon dioxide and muscles laden by lactic acid

Palpus and proboscis work together like a fine tuned machine to pierce skin and suck 5 mL of luscious blood needed to increase her species army

The victim fights back in a sleepy yet earnest effort to swat away additional potential enemies in the dark of night

The distressed camper restlessly sleeps as an itchy immune response is evoked by her anticoagulant rich saliva left by the unsuspected ambush