My husband says that mosquitoes bite only once. I'm not buying it. Is this true?
2006-11-01 03:23:50 · 12 answers · asked by momof3 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
No, this is not true. Mosquitoes are primarily nectar feeder with only the females requiring a blood meal to acquire protein prior to laying eggs. Female mosquitoes may feed upon many types of animals including mammals, birds, and reptiles. As a result, individual mosquitoes often serve as disease vectors, transmitting diseases from one host animal to another such as malaria, filariasis, yellow fever, dengue fever, epidemic polyarthritis, Rift Valley fever, and West Nile virus. In fact, the organisms that cause these diseases have evolved life cycles that take advantage of this method of transmission.
Female members of the genus Anopheles can survive as adults up to a month in captive breeding and usually a 1-2 weeks in the wild. During this time, the adult female repeats a cycle of eating a full blood meals then laying eggs every 2-3 days in tropical climates or over a longer time period in cooler climates. Thus, multiple blood meals and multiple egg laying events.
2006-11-01 03:35:43 · answer #1 · answered by sciguy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, that's not true, that's why the West Nile Virus spreads. They bite an infected bird or whatever and then they bite you and contaminate you. Not to mention, how many times have you had one bite you and when you squish it on you, there's blood. Where does he think that comes from? It's not the mosquitos. Hope this helps you win the arguement.
2006-11-01 11:27:17 · answer #2 · answered by Kris2.5 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Mosquitoes can bite multiple times to get as much protein as needed. I have seen a mosquito do this.
2006-11-01 11:26:43 · answer #3 · answered by RIDLEY 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Mosquitoes die until their young are fully born. The blood is food for the babies and mosquito. Only female mosquitoes bite!
2006-11-02 03:36:31 · answer #4 · answered by Cheesecakeextreme 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's supposed to be only the females who bite and they come back again and again. First time I visited Spain, I got bit about 40 times in one week until my sis gave me some lemon cologne to put on any un-covered parts. The cologne was really cheap for a big bottle that could be bought in supermarkets or the euro shops. Have'nt been bitten since PS.....It's bees who only sting once
2006-11-01 11:34:26 · answer #5 · answered by Taylor29 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They say only female mosquitos bite, that's unique info.
2006-11-01 11:31:21 · answer #6 · answered by Laura W 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No it is not true. There is one mosquito flying here in my room and it has bitten me three times, within an hour.
2006-11-01 11:27:46 · answer #7 · answered by goodbye 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
They bite until they are full of blood.
Not sure after they run out of blood they go and bite some more.
2006-11-01 11:27:23 · answer #8 · answered by ♥Brown Eyed Girl ♥ 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yeah, I have heard, after they bite they dye just like bees. I hate them though! They get me every time, I could be one in a hundred people standing outside and they bite me.
Well, I guess I have heard wrong. Sorry.
2006-11-01 11:26:47 · answer #9 · answered by KittyKattsMeow 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
No this is not true.They bite until they are filled with blood,so they get more proteins to lay more eggs!!!!!!!!Pesky little devils!!!!!!!!!
2006-11-01 15:20:06 · answer #10 · answered by farhan ferdous 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋