Amazing facts about Mosquito:-
- Female mosquitoes feed on blood:- Female mosquitoes need protein from blood meals for development of their eggs. It is this blood-feeding characteristic that leads to female mosquitoes transmitting viruses and diseases.
- Male mosquitoes DO NOT bite:- Male mosquitoes feed only on plant juices (e.g. nectar). They need only sugar for energy and survival.
- Male mosquitoes DO NOT transmit disease:- Male mosquitoes do not bite, therefore they cannot transmit the disease to humans.
- Mosquitoes don't have teeth:- The females bite with the help of long, pointed part called a proboscis. They use the proboscis to pierce the skin and locate a capillary, then draw blood through one of two tubes.
- A mosquito can drink blood up to three times its weight. Though, it would bite about 1.2 million times to drain whole blood from your body.
- The female mosquito can give 300 eggs at once. Females will lay eggs up to three times before dying.
- Mosquitoes spend their first 10 days inside water. Water is necessary for the eggs to hatch into wigglers. Wigglers feed on organic matter in water and breathe from the surface. They develop into pupae, which do not feed and are partially encased in cocoons. After several days, the pupae change into adult mosquitoes.
- Female mosquitoes feed on blood:- Female mosquitoes need protein from blood meals for development of their eggs. It is this blood-feeding characteristic that leads to female mosquitoes transmitting viruses and diseases.
- Male mosquitoes DO NOT bite:- Male mosquitoes feed only on plant juices (e.g. nectar). They need only sugar for energy and survival.
- Male mosquitoes DO NOT transmit disease:- Male mosquitoes do not bite, therefore they cannot transmit the disease to humans.
- Mosquitoes don't have teeth:- The females bite with the help of long, pointed part called a proboscis. They use the proboscis to pierce the skin and locate a capillary, then draw blood through one of two tubes.
- A mosquito can drink blood up to three times its weight. Though, it would bite about 1.2 million times to drain whole blood from your body.
- The female mosquito can give 300 eggs at once. Females will lay eggs up to three times before dying.
- Mosquitoes spend their first 10 days inside water. Water is necessary for the eggs to hatch into wigglers. Wigglers feed on organic matter in water and breathe from the surface. They develop into pupae, which do not feed and are partially encased in cocoons. After several days, the pupae change into adult mosquitoes.
