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Life Sciences => Plant Sciences, Zoology & Evolution => Topic started by: Daria on 26/09/2011 09:30:03

Title: Do only female mosquitoes bite?
Post by: Daria on 26/09/2011 09:30:03

Korochkina Daria  asked the Naked Scientists:
   
Do only female mosquitoes bite us?

What do you think?

Title: Do only female mosquitoes bite?
Post by: Don_1 on 04/10/2011 13:54:08

Yes. The female requires protein, which it gets from blood, in the production of eggs.

Title: Do only female mosquitoes bite?
Post by: Bored chemist on 04/10/2011 22:07:14

Male mosquitoes bite plants, not people.