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From its irritating whine to the sting
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summer annoyance are now capturing headlines worldwide as new
information emerges about the diseases they carry, their numbers, and
there growing resistance to insecticides.
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Mosquito Quick Facts
- Adult mosquitoes can fly at up to 25 mph.
- Adult mosquitoes can maneuver up, down, sideways and backwards.
- Males mosquitoes can live from 10 to 60 days and females can live up to 5 months or more depending on predator pressures.
- According to the World Health Organization (WHO) mosquitoes have killed between 100 and 300 million people in the 20th century
- On average, one person dies every ten seconds as a result of a mosquito bite
- An average mosquito bite takes about
1 millionth of a gallon of blood.
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The most important difference between male and female however lies in what the proboscis is used for. The adult male uses its mouthparts to feed on flower nectar and juices. The female mouthparts however are used for piercing, cutting and sucking. Only the female mosquito sucks blood, which she needs to produce eggs.