READY-OR-NOT-HERE-I-COME.
The boy listens.
The girl is getting closer.
Suddenly, there's another sound.
A droning buzz.
Something else is looking for the boy.
The seeker is a mosquito, Culex pipiens, and her search is a matter of
life and death. She must find food--blood--to nourish the hundreds of
tiny eggs inside her body.
Black-and-white photographs show the children's game of hide-and-seek,
while astonishing micrographs show Culex and her world as seen through
an electron microscope. Zoom in for a close-up view: A blade of grass
looks like a menacing field of spines. A mosquito's eye becomes a bundle
of tightly packed tubes.
Discover the life story of a mosquito from a truly larger-than-life
point of view.