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10 Facts About Mosquitoes

by Debbie Hadley

1.  Mosquitoes are the deadliest animals on earth.  More deaths are associated with this pest than any other animal on the planet.  Mosquitoes may carry any number of deadly diseases (malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever and encephalitis -- they also carry heartworm, which is lethal to man's best friend.)

2.  Only female mosquitoes bite humans and animals; males feed on flower nectar.  The females need protein for their eggs and must take a blood meal in order to reproduce.

3.  Some mosquitoes do not bite humans, preferring other hosts, such as amphibians or birds.

4.  Mosquitoes fly at speeds between 1 and 1.5 mph.

5.  A mosquito's wings beat 300-600 times per second.

6.  Mosquito mates synchronize their wing beats.

7.  Salt marsh mosquitoes may travel up to 100 miles from their larval breeding habitat.  

8.  All mosquitoes require water to breed, including rain puddles.  A few inches of water is all it takes!  

9.  An adult mosquito may live 5-6 months -- a long life expectancy, as bugs go.  [We give you permission to slap away!]

10.  Mosquitoes can detect carbon dioxide from 75 feet away.  Humans and other animals produce CO2 in the air -- thus ringing the dinner bell so to speak.  Once a female senses CO2 in the air, she'll fly back and forth through the CO2 plume until she locates her victim.