tenuis is introduced to the definitive host (either a raccoon or, as in some rare cases, a human) as a larva when the vector, most commonly an Aedes or Anopheles mosquito, takes a blood meal and the parasite enters the host through the bite wound.
Typhlops tenuis | Tenuis consonant | Tellina tenuis | Lepthyphantes tenuis | Cystopteris tenuis | Cattleya tenuis |