Mosquitoes are harmful to human, it is considered world’s deadliest animal, as tiny as it is, it is more dangerous than a crocodile, snake and other wild animals and yet many people don't know much about it.
1. Mosquito is a Spanish word which means ’small fly’ the name originate in the 16th century.
2. Sir Ronald Ross was a Briton that first discovered that mosquitoes transmit Malaria, which he won a Noble Prize for in 1902.
3. Mosquito can smell your breath, they have receptor on their antennae that picks up CO2 when we breath.
4. Only female mosquitoes suck on blood to help her egg develop, while the male feed on nectar and water.
5. Female Mosquitoes can lay up to 300 eggs at a time
6. Sweat helps mosquitoes choose their victims cos they are fond of octemol a chemical release in sweat.
7. A Mosquito can detect a moving target from more than 18feets away.
8. Mosquitoes breed in stagnant water.
9. They are cold-blooded and prefers temperature of over 80 degrees.
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