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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Christopher Beach holds a slide containing a mosquito prior to identifying it under a microscope on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Aug. 14, 2008. Beach has 20 strategically-placed mosquito magnets around the base to capture, identify, and count the insects. Last year, he caught more than 3 million mosquitoes. Beach is assigned to the 354th Civil Engineer Squadron entomology shop.

MOSQUITO CATCHER

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Christopher Beach holds a slide containing a mosquito prior to identifying it under a microscope on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Aug. 14, 2008. Beach has 20 strategically-placed mosquito magnets around the base to capture, identify, and count the insects. Last year, he caught more than 3 million mosquitoes. Beach is assigned to the 354th Civil Engineer Squadron entomology shop.

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