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| anopheles quadrimaculatus |
The state bird of Virginia is the mosquito.
Please note the shadow being cast by this particular bird bug on the bathroom wall.
I learned that this species of mosquito is known as a vector for human malaria.
Luckily, malaria was eradicated from the US back in the 1950's.
Unfortunately, it wasn't because they got rid of the birds bugs that transmit the disease.
