Still, even breathing heavily or sweating profusely may serve as mosquito magnets.
Hanson then painted the cast figures, adding such precise details as mosquito bites or varicose veins.
In 1930 the building was occupied by a company making what that year's address-telephone directory described as "mosquito canopies".
We also received essentials such as mosquito repellent, life jackets, safety helmets (for the rapids), drinking water and a map.
Major improvements have been achieved by tackling infectious disease with affordable methods such as mosquito nets and immunisation.
"This is how it flies around catching mosquitoes," she said, noting that in the South the creatures are known as "mosquito hawks".
"Consider stocking ornamental ponds with predacious minnows," he said, referring to inch-and-a-half-long minnows also known as mosquito fish.
Charging even a nominal price for things such as mosquito nets and condoms makes people take them more seriously, it is argued.
The foundations has committed $2bn in grants to date, helping to fund R&D for a vaccine, as well as helping deploy equipment such as mosquito nets.
In 1965, the organization sent Dr. Rattanarithikul and her husband, Manop, who had been working for the project since 1950, to the Smithsonian for a summer to work as mosquito taxonomists at the museum's collection.
They accepted, only to discover that they would have to pay their captors-cum-employers $80 for transporting them to the Thai capital, $80 for the correct documents, and $30 a month for basics such as mosquito nets.
