Mosquito, Sand fly, Louse, Rat flea identification

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Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL 1.2 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html>, via Wikimedia Commons Figure - Aedes (White stripe on body)

Alan R Walker, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Figure - Culex (Short body, long legs)

Photo Credit: James GathanyContent Providers(s): CDC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Figure - Anopheles (45 degree to skin surface, Spotted wings)

Figure - Mansonia (Squating position, Large body & Long legs)

Content provider: CDC/ Frank Collins, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Figure - Sand fly (Spotted wings): Kala azar (Visceral leishmaniasis)

Janice Harney Carr, Center for Disease Control, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Figure - Louse : Epidemic Typhus

Olha Schedrina / The Natural History Museum, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Figure - Rat flea (Xenopsylla) : Bubonic plague, Endemic typhus (Murine typhus)