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Why female mosquitoes feed on blood and why not males?
No, male mosquitoes can feed on blood too, however, only female mosquitoes feed on human blood as this is needed to give birth to other mosquitoes.
What do mosquitoes feed on?
Mosquito larvae, commonly known as wrigglers or wigglers, feed on bacteria, algae and microscopic animals.
What is a mosquito's prey?
Mosquitoes do not technically have "prey" as they are parasites, not predators. Female adult mosquitoes require a blood meal, usually from a mammal, to create their eggs. Male and immature female mosquitoes feed only on flower nectar.
What is the food of the male mosquitoes?
blood <><><> Sorry- only female mosquitos feed on blood. Males feed on plant sap.
What eats female mosquitoes?
Male mosquitoes feed on flower nectar. Blood contains the nutrients required for the female to lay eggs. When she isn't reproducing, the female mosquito will also feed on flower nectar.
Is it true that only female mosquitoes bite?
True because the female mosquito has to feed for blood to survive and to produce her eggs.
What do mosquitoes feed mainly on?
Mosquitoes mainly feed on blood.
What the difference between male and females mosquitoes?
ONLY! female mosquitos suck blood males feed on nectar :)
What do mosquitoes eat and how?
Mosquitoes feed on nectar and plant juices, but in many species the mouthparts of the females are adapted for piercing the skin of animal hosts and sucking their blood. Female mosquitoes, however, need to nurture their eggs and they can only do this by providing the baby mosquitoes with protein to eat.
What do female mosquitoes do that male mosquitoes can not do?
bite
Are mosquitoes parasite?
Mosquitoes are not parasites. A parasite either lives inside another organism (for example, a tapeworm, or some kinds of bacteria) or it makes its permanent home on the outside of another organism (such as ticks, or lice). The mosquito just drinks blood and leaves; this is a form of predation rather than parasitism.
What do male mosquito eat?
olny female mosquitoes drink human blood why becase to provide healthy saliva befor she lays her egg i dont
