What Happens to Your Body When a Mosquito Bites You
You can tell the difference between the two! Male mosquitos are a bit smaller than females. And if you see one nearby with fancy-looking feathered antennae, don’t rush to smack it just yet – it’s a male and it won’t bite you no matter what.
A mosquito’s lifespan is only about a month or two. Well, that’s for the females. The guys live a lot shorter: around 2 weeks.
You shouldn’t have any standing water near your house if you don’t want a mosquito invasion! - Contrary to popular belief, mosquitos don’t search for their prey looking for lights. To be fair, there aren’t many species that prefer human blood at all.
They have a variety of methods, but they mostly use scent. More specifically, they’re sniffing for your body heat and the one thing every living breathing thing produces constantly: carbon dioxide, or CO2.
Mosquitos can remember the scent of a particularly aggressive prey and avoid it completely for 24 hours. That means, if a mosquito tries to bite you and you decide to brush it off or swat at it, it’ll probably choose someone else to bite next! - They stick not 1 but 6 needles in you! Some of those have razor-sharp teeth that cut through the skin.
The mosquito injects its saliva immediately after it bites you.
Females need blood to develop eggs. More specifically, she needs loads of protein and iron, which blood happens to be rich in.
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