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No, it is not. It does not permanently attach itself or actually live on a host. They do, however, transmit parasites of the blood from one foodsource to another, so they are carriers of parasites.
"Parasitism is a type of symbiotic relationship between organisms of different species where one organism, the parasite, benefits at the expense of the other, the host. "
Also, this question has been asked before. No, it is NOT an "ectoparasite" either.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoWell, apparently, YES, yes it is. :) because they suck blood and other Parasites, suck blood, too, like Head lice and other endoparasites & ectoparasites. So, obviously, again, Mosquito is a PARASITE.
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∙ 14y agoNO, they are not as the females need blood only for reproduction and not for survival, both male and female ones are nectar feeders.
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Is mosquito a parasite as it is drinking blood?
Yes, it is.
What animal that spreads parasites when it drinks blood of other animals?
the answer is a mosquito, a mosquito is a parasite :)
Where does the mosquito carry the malaria parasite?
it carries it to the host
How does the malaria parasite get into a mosquito?
it carries it naturally
Which insect passes on the parasite causing malaria?
The mosquito.
Which insect is the vector that transmits the material parasite plasmodium vivax into your blood?
The Anopheles mosquito is the vector that transmits this parasite.
What is an anopheles?
An anopheles is a member of the Anopheles genus of mosquito, which carries the parasite which causes malaria.
What insects carry the malaria parasite?
Anaphelous mosquito spreads the malaria parasite and there by malarial fever. It forms an angle of 45 degree with the wall as against culex mosquito. Which sits parrallel to wall.
What is a macro parasite?
It means a parasite that you can see. It could be a tick or mosquito. Parasites need to feed on other living things.
Life cycle of the anopheles mosquito parasite?
An infected female anopheles mosquito injects the parasite into a human. Once in the human, the parasite infects the liver and ruptures and multiplies, eventually infecting red blood cells. Once in the red blood cells, they rupture and multiply again. This stage is when disease manifests itself. At this point, once a mosquito lands on the human and drinks the blood, the parasites repopulate in the mosquito and the cycle begins again.
In malarial infections the sexually mature parasite is found in which host?
In malarial infections the sexually mature parasite is found in the vector which is the Amophelus Mosquito.
In the life cycle of the mosquito at what stage they can easily terminated?
When the female mosquito pricks the skin and sucks up some blood a parasite enters the body and grows within the red blood cells. This is the Malaria parasite and it is this disease that needs to be tackled not necessarily the anopheles mosquito itself. Break the parasite cycle from the host and malaria will disappear. One avenue of research is to kill the parasite in the infected body or render the mosquito infertile by releasing infertile males into their breeding areas. It is extremely difficult to do other wise it would have been achieved already.
