Is it true that only female mosquitoes bite people? What do the males eat?
We buzzed over to Yahoo!’s Mosquito category where we found a swarm of sites about the little, annoying insects. We first stopped by How Stuff Works, a site that we return to time and time again. How Mosquitoes Work provides a comprehensive look at the critters, including their breeding cycles, biting habits, and the deadly diseases they can carry. The page that explained why mosquitoes bite confirmed that only the female mosquito bites. The female will land on your skin, stick her proboscis into you, and then suck your blood into her abdomen. Her saliva contains proteins that prevent your blood from clotting and leave behind an itchy bump. Moving on, we tried to find the answer to your second question. It didn’t take long once we located
