Cameraman Rob Drewett and I set up a studio in a garage in Fairbanks, central Alaska. Mosquito larvae are only a few millimeters long, so our filming tank was tiny, just the size of a drinks can.

The interior group collectively known as the “Killer Mosquitoes” was comprised of Fairbanksans Don Bennett, Bettye Fahrenkamp, Fred Brown, Bob Bettisworth, Charley Parr, Dick Randolph ...