1 Mosquito Diptera-Culicidae (Pronounced: Dip-Tura Q-Liss-eh-Day) Simmons/Whiteley 1991

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1 1 Mosquito iptera-culicidae (Pronounced: ip-tura Q-Liss-eh-ay) Simmons/Whiteley 1991!!!! (LUS SLI UITR RUTO) She was born in a ditch, She gonna make you itch. She gonna bite you bad, ( VMP) She gonna make you mad.!!!! She gotta long long beak She playin' hide and seak She buzzed round our ears For fifty million years. She's called a mosquito,!! STOP She's racula / / incognito. Mosquito! She follows a trail of CO2 From the door, to your snore. When you're a sleeping beauty nd you get a twilight kiss. You'll find yourself on the pointy end Of her proboscis. Ouch she bit you nd you slap her hard. There's nothing left but a tiny bump, That's her calling card.

2 2 M o s q u i t o Isn't that a slap in the face? It's the anti coagulant in her saliva that irritates the skin.! M o s q u i t o! Only the female drinks blood. The male must stick to the juice of plants, His proboscis is too plain. He could attempt to make a meal of blood, ut it would be in vein. You can't get blood from a stone, STOP So she when she whines and dines, she dines alone.! M o s q u i t o! It s a meal intravenous, I tell you folks its heinous.! M o s q u i t o! She put the bite on you, She's havin' blood fondue. HORN LINS nd in the evening if the air is warm, HORN LINS Male mosquitoes start to swarm. HORN LINS female approaches to find a mate, b HORN LINS Impelled by nature to propagate. HORN LINS We sit around our patio, cursing all the buzzin, nd Q and shake our fist at the cloud of kissin cousins. ( humming choir of mini vampire!) HORN LINS Oblivious to our diatribes, F HORN LINS His feathery antennae pick up her vibes, F# HORN LINS Sees the twinkle in her compound eyes, nd the facts of life are realized. M o s q u i t o

3 Now, she's gotta have a blood meal before she can lay ggs that'll hatch. So she buzzes your ears and steals your blood nd leaves you with a scratch. Then, she fly's away to digest her food Without saying thanks, man that's gratitude. 3 She's called a mosquito,!! STOP She's racula, // incognito. Mosquito. STOP She stands at the water's edge and with a grimace and a grin 250 eggs come out of her abdomen. The raft of eggs float on the surface tension nd in two days you got a wiggler convention. That's the larva stage. They breathe through tubes, they got no legs, They move by lashing their abdomen from side to side. (WIL NO TIM) Wigglers! They're like synchronized swimmers with snorkels. They hang around the surface, breathing air and eating algae.!!! ll they seem to do is eat / and eat / and eat / Then they turn into the pupa stage in approximately one week. SK IN That's transmogrification.

4 pupa looks like a fat comma with horns. They crack their pupa case, Like the chicken and the egg. When they appear they yawn and Stretch their long skinny legs. HORN LINS 4 M o s q u i t o nd when their wings dry they can fly. They gonna fly all night, They gonna give you bites. They gonna pierce your skin, To get the blood within.!!!! SHOTS In a swamp, / tin can, / tire, / or dugout / / / / / STOP The eggs can survive several years of a drought. (SLI RUTO) There are eggs waitin' in a dry pot hole, For that miracle of rain. nd when it becomes a puddle The cycle starts all over again. (4 RS) Watch out here they come! Put up the screens and stay indoors, You scratch my back I'll scratch yours. Listen to them buzzzz!! Now that's onomatopoeia. We need a mosquito abatement plan, STOP ut there's no panacea.

5 5 You can however reduce the risk of being bit by wearing light coloured clothing and using an insect repellant CLIPSO There's a chemical that helps you hide From all of the mosquitoes that are outside Just grease your front and your back side With diethylmeta-toluamide! STOP That's ---T eet (LUS SLI UITR) She hates the smella citronella Called a mosquito,!! STOP She's racula // incognito. Mosquito Mosquito Moskeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee (Slap!)