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Is anopheles mosquito male or female?
Anopheles is a genus and they have both males and females. However, as with all mosquitoes only the females suck blood.
What the difference between male and females mosquitoes?
ONLY! female mosquitos suck blood males feed on nectar :)
Is a mosquito a herbivore carnivore parasite omnivore or a scavenger?
Mosquitoes are specialist feeders. Males eat fruit whereas females suck blood. The iron content in blood is necessary for the development of their eggs.
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.
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.
Do scorpions eat scorpions?
Yes. But it is mainly the females that eat the males after they have mated.
How can you differentiate a male mosquito from a female mosquito?
== == By comparing their antennae. Females have simple antennae and males have bushy antennae with many receptors to help them locate females. === === Female mosquitoes have a long proboscis that they use to draw blood from their victim. Male mosquitoes do not have this.
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.
Do scorpions eat other scorpions?
Yes. But it is mainly the females that eat the males after they have mated.
Does female aedes aegypti mosquito bites only males?
The ONLY mosquitoes who bite are the females, and they bite EVERYBODY... an eual opportunity bloodsucker.
What type of food does male mosquitoes eat?
Well, hello there! Male mosquitoes actually feed on nectar from plants. They don't consume blood like their female counterparts. Just imagine them gently sipping on sweet nectar, contributing to the circle of life in their own special way.
Why female anopheles transmits malaria and male no?
female mosquitoes transmit malaria because they are the ones who actually suck blood,males do not. The blood feeding is part of the females egg laying process and as such the males do not need to suck blood.
