Thursday, June 9, 2016

In the interest of spreading MOSQUITO INFORMATION..... >,-)

Source of all
  1. Only Female Mosquitoes Bite
    There are about 3,500 species of the little vampires, and they can be found in virtually every part of the world. But not all mosquitoes look upon you as a delicious meal. While both male and female mosquitoes feed on nectar and plant sap as their nutrition source, only female mosquitoes need blood for egg production.  
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  2. Mosquitoes Prefer Darker Colors
    Black might be slimming, but if you're trying to avoid mosquitoes, best to opt for lighter-colored clothing as they can be attracted to darker colors.
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  3. Mosquitoes Do Prefer to Bite Some People Over Others
    If you keep getting bit while those around you don’t, it may be because the flying pests are attracted to the body chemistry of some people over others. Chemicals such as carbon dioxide, which is emitted when you breathe out, and lactic acid, an element found in sweat, attract mosquitoes.
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  4. A Full Moon Makes Mosquitoes More Active
    Werewolves, zombies… and mosquitoes? Yep, the full moon can be blamed for many strange occurrences both real and imagined. Scientists have never actually seen a real-life zombie, but they do know mosquitoes exist— and that a full moon can increase mosquito activity 500 percent!
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  5. Mosquitoes Need Only One Tablespoon of Water to Breed
    Mosquitoes prefer to lay their eggs in still or stagnant water or wet earth, and they only require a small bit of water to do so. In fact, for development, the immature stages of some types of mosquitoes only need a tablespoon of water to breed, an amount that can easily collect in old tires, children's wading pools, holes in trees, bird baths, saucers underneath plants—even a bottle cap.
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4 comments:

NanaNor's said...

Good Morning! Thank you for coming by my blog-I hope that I can get to know you more. I thought this post was so timely-I've always been allergic to those pests and get huge welts where the bite is. This year, my sil is having a horrid time with getting bit. When I was a child, my mom gave me one of the B vitamins to take to help with not getting bit. I love being outside,but not if I'm being eating alive. I am going to pass this info on to my daughter. I've got to scroll back through your past posts to see where you live. We were originally Ca.(northern)natives until we moved to Colorado.
I've been gluten free for 7 yrs; had very high numbers for gluten intolerance but never had a biopsy to see if I have Celiac disease. I don't mind being g.f., but occasionally miss special desserts that I can't make. I figure if I baked as much as I used to I'd be overweight.
Thanks again for stopping by; I look forward to getting to know you-I'm going to follow you.
Hugs,
Noreen

Red Rose Alley said...

Some interesting facts about the mosquitos, Tessa. Yes, I knew that mosquitos were attracted to some more than others, but I didn't know they prefer darker colors. And I didn't know only female mosquitos bite! Isn't that something?

Have a good Friday and weekend, Tessa.

~Sheri

bj said...

We seldom go outside during the summer without spraying with OFF...
and never let water stand in ANYthing.
When I was a little girl, our town sprayed several times a summer with DDT...killed all the little buggers...but was very dangerous to us humans...

Red Rose Alley said...

Tessa, I thought the purple flowers were some kind of lavender, but not sure now that I'm looking at it. And I heard that the horse masks are used to keep the flies away, but not sure about that either. ;) I don't like taking pictures when they have the masks over their face and I wonder if it bothers them. Horses should run free, and I think they would know how to get a fly off of them if they wanted to hehehehe