Only female mosquitoes bite humans and animals.
That's true: only female mosquitoes feed on humans and animals' blood, while their husbands prefer drinking flower nectar.
Such a diet is based on female mosquitoes' need in protein to produce eggs. They just have to take blood meals to be able to reproduce. Male mosquitoes don't bear the burden of producing young, so they just avoid mammals and head for the flowers. If a female is not producing eggs, it also feeds on flowers.
But not all mosquito species feed on people. Some of them specialize only on birds, others prefer amphibians or reptiles.
What are your thoughts on this subject?
68 Comments
Mark Johnson
Psycho females.
Tammi Brass
Their husbands made me laugh! 😆
GONavarini
Kind of like my ex-wife...
Brian Reynolds
One really has to wonder what the almighty was thinking when he invented mosquitoes
PlayerMike
Should have known it was females,they go for the blood.
Ralph A. Caya
It always the lady fault
usha
True most likely answer
mawcawn
While mosquitoes do specialise, a newly hatched female will go for the blood of the nearest animal.
johndive
You don’t mean entomologists do you?Irma Rivera,
Cheryl McMeekin
I have to agree with you Mark Johnson, but it's also like the preying mantis(female) will bite the head off of her male partner!!!
Spencer
Mark Johnson, its a proven fact that over 65% of the time its males who are the psychopathic ones. Our prison demographics with genders says it all.
allysweets
No royalsfan, females not only bite, but then they put their saliva in there to make the blood flow easier (anticoagulant) and they only do this to develop their eggs which need protein
allysweets
That’s how they get the fertilization done but in order to have the eggs survive, they need protein Purita Fleschhut, ... that’s where we come in
allysweets
I don’t think males bite...... in the mosquito species Dale Teague,
allysweets
That’s so true Ketan Patel,
allysweets
😂🤣 John Clarke, smart man haha