A tick will fill up with so much blood that can no longer walk. A mosquito fills up and can hardly fly. Then it dies in a 24 hour period. Just seems counter productive? All that blood going to waste. And, what does it actually do with the blood?
2007-06-10 09:26:38 · 4 answers · asked by Cergio S 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
mosquito's live from 4-8 weeks , ticks live for months.Heck, sucking on blood is the only fun thing they have to do :)
2007-06-10 09:32:19 · answer #1 · answered by Yoho 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
For mosquitos, the blood is not food, but a necessary component for the female to produce fertile eggs. Isn't that encouraging to know that every time you get bit, it helps grow more of them?
Concerning ticks and how they use blood, see:
http://www.ursprung.at/ursprung/projekte_extern/checkzeck/en/zecken.htm
2007-06-10 22:00:19 · answer #2 · answered by eric.s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most species of mosquito live for many days not just 24 hours.
Females bite because the blood is food. They digest it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito
2007-06-10 16:30:34 · answer #3 · answered by Lady Geologist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The females require the blood in order to make eggs (that's why male mosquitoes don't bite- they eat flower nectar).
2007-06-10 16:37:23 · answer #4 · answered by DT3238 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋