Mosquito fact #1: There are about 3500 mosquito species worldwide!
Mosquito fact #2: Not all species of mosquitoes bite humans: Some prefer birds, others mammals, or even reptilians and amphibians. Few species do not bite at all and the female lays only few eggs at a time.
Mosquito fact #3: Only female mosquitoes bite. Female mosquitoes draw blood for the needed protein enrichment required to lay eggs. Male mosquitoes feed on flower nectar and broken fruits.
Mosquito fact #4: The male mosquitoes are easily distinct as they have very plumose antennae. The female antennae are more string-like as they have only few short hairs coming out of the antennae.
Mosquito fact #5: A mosquito can smell the carbon dioxide you exhale from 20-25 meters away.This is the major factor with which mosquito female detects us, but far from being the only one.
Mosquito fact #6: Among the biting species some lay few dozens of eggs while the other extreme exceed 300 eggs in single oviposition.
Mosquito fact #7: All mosquitoes must have standing (or nearly standing) water to complete their life cycle. Among all species mosquito larvae and pupae are aquatic.
Mosquito fact #8: Under optimal conditions mosquitoes only require 8 days to go through their life cycle. It will normally take two weeks or more.
Mosquito fact #9: Some mosquito species remain quite close to their larval habitat, while other may fly more than 10km in search of a blood-meal.
Mosquito fact #10: One blood-meal (i.e. one bite) will normally provide a good egg batch. Some female mosquitoes may live to take multiple blood meals and produce several generations during a single season. However, only one mating is required to fertilize a lifetime of egg production.
Mosquito fact #11: Finally, mosquitoes are the most harmful animal to humans as they biting behavior helps transfer diseases, with annually infection rate of few billion people and fatality of nearly 3 million people a year.
Mosquito fact #2: Not all species of mosquitoes bite humans: Some prefer birds, others mammals, or even reptilians and amphibians. Few species do not bite at all and the female lays only few eggs at a time.
Mosquito fact #3: Only female mosquitoes bite. Female mosquitoes draw blood for the needed protein enrichment required to lay eggs. Male mosquitoes feed on flower nectar and broken fruits.
Mosquito fact #4: The male mosquitoes are easily distinct as they have very plumose antennae. The female antennae are more string-like as they have only few short hairs coming out of the antennae.
Mosquito fact #5: A mosquito can smell the carbon dioxide you exhale from 20-25 meters away.This is the major factor with which mosquito female detects us, but far from being the only one.
Mosquito fact #6: Among the biting species some lay few dozens of eggs while the other extreme exceed 300 eggs in single oviposition.
Mosquito fact #7: All mosquitoes must have standing (or nearly standing) water to complete their life cycle. Among all species mosquito larvae and pupae are aquatic.
Mosquito fact #8: Under optimal conditions mosquitoes only require 8 days to go through their life cycle. It will normally take two weeks or more.
Mosquito fact #9: Some mosquito species remain quite close to their larval habitat, while other may fly more than 10km in search of a blood-meal.
Mosquito fact #10: One blood-meal (i.e. one bite) will normally provide a good egg batch. Some female mosquitoes may live to take multiple blood meals and produce several generations during a single season. However, only one mating is required to fertilize a lifetime of egg production.
Mosquito fact #11: Finally, mosquitoes are the most harmful animal to humans as they biting behavior helps transfer diseases, with annually infection rate of few billion people and fatality of nearly 3 million people a year.
11 Facts About Mosquitoes
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