These Mosquitoes Don't Buzz, Bite or Blood-Feed

July 27, 2006 (See story) Bruce Eldridge collecting mosquitoes in Baker County, Ore., in 1993. (Photo by Bill Reeves) Bill Reeves collecting mosquitoes in Baker County, Ore., in 1993. (Photo by Bruce Eldridge) Tom Zavortink (left) and Ken Lorenzen collecting mosquitoes along the Rio San Juan, Nicaragua in May 2005. (Photo by Steven Heydon) Examining a collection at the Bohart Museum are (from left) director Lynn Kimsey, museum scientist Ken Lorenzen and curator Tom Zavortink. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) Jessica Lund (left), who received her bachelor's degree in evolution and ecology from UC Davis in 2006, labels mosquitoes at the Bohart Museum mosquito collection under the supervision of director Lynn Kimsey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) Gene Lee (left), a fourth-year student in genetics (July 2006), works with the Bohart Museum mosquito collection under the supervision of museum scientist and entomologist Ken Lorenzen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) A close-up of a pins in the project to curate the mosquito collection at the Bohart Museum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) A close-up of a "mosquito on a stick" at the Bohart Museum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) A close-up of mosquitoes from Sweden, part of the mosquito collection at the Bohart Museum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) A close-up of mosquito labels in progress at the Bohart Museum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) A close-up of mosquitoes collected by Tom Zavortink. They are part of the mosquito collection at the Bohart Museum. Rows of mosquitoes from the Bohart Museum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) Click to enlarge photos (See story) -Kathy Keatley Garvey Communications Department of Entomology (530) 754-6894