Mosquito bites result in the deaths of more than 1 million people every year

Mosquitoes are small, midge-like flies that constitute the family Culicidae.🐝 Females of most species are ectoparasites, whose tube-like mouthparts (called a proboscis) pierce the hosts' skin to consume blood.👩‍🏫 The word "mosquito" is Spanish for "little fly".Thousands of species feed on the blood of various kinds of hosts, mainly vertebrates, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and even some kinds of fish.🤓 Some mosquitoes also attack invertebrates, mainly other arthropods. Though the loss of blood is seldom of any importance to the victim, the saliva of the mosquito often causes an irritating rash that is a serious nuisance.🤒 Much more serious though, are the roles of many species of mosquitoes as vectors of diseases.🤢 In passing from host to host, some transmit extremely harmful infections such as malaria, yellow fever, Chikungunya, West Nile virus, dengue fever, filariasis, Zika virus and other arboviruses, rendering it the deadliest animal family in the world.☠️
Only female mosquitoes bite.👰 Both male and female feed mainly on fruit and plant nectar, but the female also needs the protein in blood to help her eggs develop.🤹 Once she's had her fill of blood, she'll rest for a couple of days before laying her eggs.💆
The average mosquito lifespan is less than two months.🎓 Males have the shortest lives, usually 10 days or less, and females can live about six to eight weeks, under ideal conditions.😳

Mosquitoes can smell human breath. They have receptors on their antennae that detect the carbon dioxide released when we exhale. Those plumes of CO2 rise into the air, acting as trails that the mosquitoes follow to find the source.🕵️