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What do female mosquitoes do that male mosquitoes can not do?
bite
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 chemical can kill mosquitoes?
DEET
What do female mosquitoes feed on?
insects.insects.insects.
Malaria and mosquitoes relationship?
Mosquitoes bite people with Malaria and then bite a person without Malaria and introduce it into the new person's blood when they inject their anticoagulant to keep the blood liquid while feeding. Mosquitoes are a "vector" for Malaria.
What gives malaria?
Malaria is transmitted by female mosquitoes typically in Africa and surrounding countries. The female mosquitoes only want blood for their young, like any other female mosquito, but their particular species contains a chemical called Plasmodium phalsiparum which makes them deadly. The female mosquito lands on human skin, and removes blood. In this process, the mosquito's saliva contaminates the human host's blood stream with Plasmodium phalsiparum. The chemical then causes malaria in the human host.
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.
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
Articles on female mosquitoes?
female mosquito fish have black dot in front of their butt.
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.
Does mosquito ferns keep mosquitoes away?
Yes, mosquito ferns are very effective at repelling mosquitoes. The active chemical in the leaves of the fern deter mosquitoes.
