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Learn Some Amazing But True Facts About Mosquitoes
A single female can lay over 200 eggs at a time. Mosquito eggs can survive for more than five years.
All mosquitoes need is water to complete their life cycle.
Not all species of mosquitoes bite humans; some prefer birds, others prefer horses, and some will even bite frogs and turtles.
Only female mosquitoes take blood; males feed only on plant nectar.
An adult female mosquito consumes about 5-millionths of a liter in a single blood meal.
Mosquitoes can fly considerable distances; some species remain close to their larval habitats while others can fly 20 miles or more.
Mosquitoes do not develop in grass or shrubbery, although adults fequently rest in these areas during daylight hours.
Mosquitoes are responsible for more human death than any other living creature.
Mosquitoes cannot transmit AIDS.
Mosquitoes can transmit dog and cat heartworm, a parasite that attacks the heart and major arteries of dogs and cats.
There are over 2500 different species of mosquitoes throughout the world, of which 150 species occur in the United States.
Mosquitoes don't see very well, but they zoom in like a heat-seeking missile. They can't see you until they are 30 feet away.
Mosquitoes live long enough to create misery. The average life span of a female mosquito is 3 to 100 days. The male lives 10 to 20 days.
A mosquito can smell the carbon dioxide you exale from about 60 to 70 feet away.
Mosquitoes can fly about 1 to 1.5 miles per hour.
A mosquito wing beats from 300 to 600 times per second.
Male mosquitoes find female mosquitoes by listening to the sound of their wings beating. The males can actually identify the correct species by the pitch of the female's wings.
Some people are more attractive to mosquitoes than others. It is not clear why, but probably has something to do with the 300-odd chemcials produced by the skin.
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