# Life Cycle of the Mosquito

"An unusually informative film on the mosquito showing complete metamorphosis of the insect from the egg through the larva and the pupa stages to its emergence in adult form. New techniques in cinematography make possible faithful anatomical detail of the living mosquitoes." (National Board of Review) Good, disgusting XCUs of wiggling mosquito larvae and an interesting real-time shot of a mosquito growing fatter as it sucks blood. Some nice illustration work as well. 00:47:15:02 Great MS man wearing white shirt with rolled up sleeves and round sunglasses, probably 1940s, swats at mosquitoes with his hand; CU single mosquito on disembodied forearm of man; VS CU mosquito on human skin; dissolves to detailed drawing of mosquito, various text labeling anatomy of mosquito superimposed over drawing; shot vertically divided in two comparing still photograph of male and female mosquitoes. 00:48:25:17 CU mosquito on human skin; CU drawing of mosquito, diagram superimposed in frame describes the mosquito beak and its sheath; dissolves back to CU VS of mosquito standing on human skin. 00:49:49:27 CU several mosquitoes feed on flower nectar. 00:50:30:03 CU mosquito eggs 00:50:40:01 CU disembodied arm enters frame and grabs handful of dirt; dissolves to disembodied arm rinsing hand in river water reaching through reeds. 00:50:50:29 CU disembodied hand lifts frozen clump of mud and drops the mud in a beaker filled with water; CU mosquito larvae jumping around in water. 00:51:34:00 CU…

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1946
- By: Yorke (Emerson) Studio
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/0653_Life_Cycle_of_the_Mosquito)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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