Mosquito
Mosquito
Female mosquitoes bite humans because they need proteins found in blood to lay their eggs. These are male mosquitoes and, without a proboscis, are not able to bite me; they feeds on flower nectar.
Mike’s Shetland And Galloway Diary.
The Fauna and Flora of Wilden Marsh Nature Reserve
Recent Comments
2018 WILDEN MARSH VOLUNTEERS’ WORK PROGRAMME.
Wilden Marsh Mike says: "Come join the fun!" (CLICK THIS IMAGE TO SEE OUR WORK PROGRAMME)
2018 MARSH VOLUNTEERS’ WORKDAY INFORMATION!
WILDEN MARSH CAMERA TRAP VIDEOS
OTTER VIDEOS
A small selection of this blog’s Followers.
Crawling in the undergrowth.
Drone-fly (Click on image to read about crawling in the undergrowth).
Grasshopper (Click on image to see more).
Foxes, foxes and more foxes.
Marsh Fox ( Click image to read about foxes).
Muntjac Deer (click on image to see more).
Hover-fly (Click on image to see more).
Blue Tit (Click on image to see more).
Marsh Squirrel (Click on image to see more).
🙂
I’m a vegetarian and my wife eats meat now and then. Convergent evolution?!
LikeLiked by 1 person
A female mosquito can live for 8 weeks, or 6 months if she hibernates. The male mosquito lives around 10 days. The female has evolved to take advantage of a readily available and nutritious food source to fuel her egg laying – she lays eggs at 3 day intervals. Her proboscis is essential to the success of her egg laying. So convergent evolution has worked very well for her.
LikeLike