Interesting facts about mosquitoes

An insect like mosquitoeveryone knows. On his approach he notifies with a thin, piercing squeak. It lives in the wild, urban areas. Eyewitnesses found them at a height of 15-storey building. How much a mosquito weighs, how it publishes a squeak and many other facts simply amaze with their unrealistic data.

Facts about the age of the mosquito population

Insects appeared about 175 million years ago, as evidenced by excavations. Even dinosaurs could suffer from the attacks of annoying insects. The ancient members of the genus reached the size of only 5 mm. Had a similar body structure with modern specimens, but the oral apparatus was somewhat different.

Interesting!

Scientists have suggested that mosquitoes drink blood relatively recently. Previously treated with nectar of plants. There are about 3000 species of mosquitoes in the world, about 1000 live on the territory of our country.

Habitat Facts

Insects are active at a temperature of +12 degrees Celsius. To extend the kind of need a moist environment with stagnant water - puddles, swamp, lake, pond, wet soil. Representatives of the population are found throughout the world, except for the highlands, the area covered with eternal ice. Mosquitoes breed and breed in forests, near swamps, as well as in the basements of high-rise buildings.

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For some time, mosquitoes have adapted to urban areas, even able to lay eggs without fertilization.

Breeding Facts

Interesting facts about mosquitoes can not do without this sphere from the life of an insect.The younger generation of males appears a few hours earlier than females. Fly to the grass near the reservoir where they lived maggotswaiting for young females. However, after fertilization, a maximum of 10 days lives.

After fertilization, the female searches for the victim to drink the blood. Most of all for this purpose the person is suitable, but the insect does not hesitate to wild animals, livestock, pets, rodents, birds.

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At one time, the female drinks about 5.5 ml of blood, which is almost 2 times her weight. But how many times can a mosquito bitedepends on the degree of saturation and activity of the victim.

Within 3 days after nutrition, about 500 eggs are formed in the body of the female, which the mosquito lays alone or in groups on the surface of the reservoir. Already within an hour, it is again ready to mate, the next batch of eggs lays in 3 days.

Mosquito lifestyle

Facts about the appearance

The average mosquito weight is 3 g, body length is from 4 to 12 mm. Three pairs of long legs have claws and suckers that help the insects stay on any surface. Particularly noteworthy is the female's mouth apparatus.

A simple proboscis for sucking blood has a rather complicated structure. Consider it only with a high magnification. Formed oral apparatus of the two lips and jaws - upper, lower. On both sides are the mandibles, in a total of 4 pieces. They are used by a mosquito to bite. Dips lips, launches 6 needles under the skin. On two of them is located up to 50 of teeththat are formed by dense, pointed bristles.

Only after such a complex process with a bite does the female insert a proboscis and begin to drink blood. At one time, trying to use all the necessary amount for it.

Facts about the Mosquito Pike

Everyone knows the mosquito squeak, which sometimes turns into a hum. The last sound creates a male, but the female makes a squeak of a different range. But few people thought why do mosquitoes peep. With the help of ultrasound, the pest is able to warn others of the danger, to notify the victim, to attract a partner for fertilization, or to scare him away when not needed.

The young female beeps much more intensely in order to attract the male. When mating happens, the female does not need attention, publishes scaring sounds. For a certain sound, mosquitoes determine the approach of enemies - dragonflies, bats. Based on this, people created ultrasonic repeller.

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Mosquitoes are far from issuing a mouthpiece, but by wings and halters. The wings are extremely thin, small, waving at a tremendous speed, which, in contact with air, creates not a buzzing, like many insects, but an annoying squeak.

Mosquito

Facts about flying ability

Special achievements boasts a female. Representatives of the female fly far to find the source of food - blood. The speed of a mosquito is 3.2 km per hour. If it is very necessary, insects fly to a maximum distance of 300 km. Provided that before this replenished food reserves. To overcome this distance you need to fly about 35 hours.

Flight range is not the most amazing. No accurate data how high insects can climb. Many experts insist that mosquitoes do not rise above 15 m above the ground, this is approximately the 3rd floor of the house. However, there are facts that mosquitoes were found on the glass from the outside on the 22nd floor.

The mass of a mosquito is only 3 g.At the slightest breeze of the wind, he changes the route. Streams can carry it over long distances, both up and to the side. Amazing behavior of bloodsucking creatures during the rain.

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When a drop hits a limb, the mosquito simply changes the route, on the body it moves down for a while along with the drop. If a droplet falls on the body of a mosquito, which is on a hard surface, death occurs. The facts were obtained in the laboratory.

The facts about finding the victim

A hungry female is able to detect a victim from a distance of 30 m. Attract insects natural human odors - carbon dioxide during expiration, sweat, individual microflora. Small children, actively sweating people, as well as owners of the first and second blood groups are subjected to a special attack.

Bite Activity Facts

Facts about mosquitoes for children - an insect bites about 15 times in one night. An experiment on the territory of the Canadian tundra showed that in a minute the young mosquitoes bite on the body, arms, legs, neck about 9000 times. At this rate, a person risks losing half the blood in 2 hours.

Mosquitoes sleep all winter, climb into the cracks, forest floor.But it is necessary to bring in a warm room, as they instantly wake up. Fertilized females fall into hibernation and immediately lay eggs with the onset of heat. The active mating season can be seen in April-May. Mosquitoes clump up, mating takes place on the fly.

Small ordinary mosquitoes are amazing creatures that never cease to shock people with their abilities.