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What do female mosquitoes do that male mosquitoes can not do?
bite
How can you determine if a mosquito is male or female?
Male mosquitoes can be distinguished from female mosquitoes by their antennae. Male mosquitoes have bushy antennae, while female mosquitoes have more slender and less bushy antennae. This physical difference can help in determining the gender of a mosquito.
Do the male or female mosquitoes bite or is it both?
The female bites, she needs a 'blood meal' before she lays eggs. It is only the female mosquitoes that bite.
What do female mosquitoes feed on?
insects.insects.insects.
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 difference between male and female mosquitoes?
Male mosquitoes do not bite humans or animals because they do not feed on blood. Female mosquitoes, on the other hand, require blood to develop their eggs and are the ones responsible for biting. Additionally, male mosquitoes have bushier antennae compared to females.
Is sexual dimorphism distinct in mosquitoes?
Adult female mosquitoes tend to be larger than males. Male mosquitoes have plumose (feather-like or "fuzzy" antennae) and longer palps. Behaviorally, male and female mosquitoes are also distinct in some ways. For example, only female mosquitoes take blood meals. Males subsist only on plant juices. Mosquitoes are also protandrous, meaning that the males tend to emerge as adults before females.
What cased malaria in the Panama Canal?
Female Mosquitoes
Do male mosquito bite?
No,male mosquitoes don't bite,only female mosquitoes do.Female mosquitoes bite so that she can lay her eggs.After a blood meal,a female mosquitoe can lay tons of eggs and they all hatch after 24 hours.
Who does malaria affect?
Humans bitten by female anopheles mosquitoes
What acts as an anti-coagulant in female mosquitoes?
saliva acts as an anti coagulant in female mosquitos
Do male or female mosquitoes bite?
only the female of the species stings humans, and then she kills her mate.
