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Hungry Female Mosquitoes

Only female mosquitoes bites humans and drinks their blood. Male mosquitoes are much bigger than females, but they are harmless to the humans. Female mosquito uses blood to produce eggs since certain proteins are needed for reproduction. Actually mosquitoes are principally nectar feeders except of course for the females. However, mosquito family Toxorhynchites never drinks blood.


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Angie
Very Interesting!
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Angie at 09:39PM, Nov 30th 2009.
Nick
so the big ones are males...
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Nick at 12:13PM, Jan 8th 2010.
Nick
Does the males eat the females? cuz in most of of the insects... the female are the ones that own's males
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Nick at 12:15PM, Jan 8th 2010.

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