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mosquitoes were there from the beginning. They were there when the dinosaurs where there
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The mosquito has a long history. The oldest known mosquito with an modern anatomy is 79-million years old from the Cretaceous. More primitive relatives are from 90 to 100 million years old.
Mosquitos share a common ancestry with gnats and midges up until about 150 million years ago.
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∙ 9y agoScientists agree that mosquitoes likely originated in South Africa. There are somewhere around 2,700 different species of mosquitoes throughout the world.
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∙ 9y agoMosquitoes have been around for about 46 million years. It's not exactly known when they were discovered. At the end of 2013, experts found a fossilized mosquito in Montana.
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How did yellow fever originate?
Yellow fever was here long before the Panama Canal. It was originally brought over with mosquitoes from Africa. Historians thought that the mosquitoes picked up yellow fever from monkeys. It is believed that boast would pick up the mosquitoes in Central America and brought them to the United States. The first United States epidemic break out was in Philadelphia.
What are the types of mosquitoes?
malaria mosquitoes
What do mosquitoes eaters eat besides mosquitoes?
well mosquitoes eat flowers(neuter) .
What is a sentence with the word mosquitoes?
Mosquitoes are not only annoying, they can carry dangerous diseases.
What do female mosquitoes do that male mosquitoes can not do?
bite
Do mosquitoes have tails?
No, mosquitoes do not have tails.
Can mosquitoes kill?
if you are allergic to mosquitoes
Does vinegar kill mosquitoes?
No, vinegar will not actually kill mosquitoes. However, it will keep mosquitoes away. This is because mosquitoes are not attracted to the vinegar smell, therefore, they are deterred.
Do mosquitoes and flies transmit milaria?
mosquitoes do, i am not sure about flies. they figured out that mosquitoes do when they were building the panama canal.
Can sharks eat mosquitoes?
Sharks and mosquitoes do not share the same environment, so they are not designed to eat mosquitoes.
Are there mosquitoes in the Virgin Islands?
Mosquitoes are common in the tropics.
Are baby mosquitoes harmless?
it is better to be safe from mosquitoes
