It only weighs 2 to 2.5 milligrams and yet is one of the deadliest creatures in the world.

The mosquito is a vector (agents that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen into another living organism) for some of the most deadly and debilitating diseases known to man. They spread diseases like malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever, encephalitis, chikungunya, West Nile virus and Zika. The mosquito is responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths around the world every year.