Mosquitoes molt in larval condition like other insects .
they both start with m's!!
if they aren't eating they are moulting
No. Actually it is the opposite. Chickens stop or at least slow egg laying when they go into a moult. Moulting is a renewal of feathers and the chicken puts much of its nutrition and energies into making new feathers during this time. Moulting takes place usually months after the hens start to first lay eggs. She will reduce her egg laying for the time she is moulting.
A mosquito with the virus would have to FEAST ON YOUR BLOOD!
It is possible that moulting can make your Mexican Red Knee Tarantula not to eat. Other signs that it is moulting is that it looks weak, it is always hiding, it does not move and the skin looks dark.
moulting
exuviating, sloughing, shedding
Ecdysteroids.
West Nile Virus is spread by the mosquito. You don't have to start freaking out every time you see a mosquito though, not all of them are carries of the Virus.
Moulting
fish oil
Moth, mosquito and maggot are insects. They start with the letter m.