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Mosquito
Facts
- Mosquitoes are
responsible for more human death than any other living creature.
- Male mosquitoes
do not bite. The real risk is
 from
female mosquitoes which bite when in search of a blood meal to provide
protein for their eggs.
- Most adult mosquitoes
live for about two weeks.
- There are over
2,500 species of mosquitoes in the world.
- The welts that
appear after a mosquito leaves isn't from the bite - it's an allergic
reaction to saliva the mosquito injected under the skin to prevent the
blood from clotting
- Mosquitoes like
dark areas and will suck the juice out of plants in order to live -
including tree leaves, grass, shrubs, etc.
- Mosquitoes are
"born" in standing water, mud, ponds, tin cans, under decks,
puddles and old tires, etc.
- Hundreds of thousands
are "born" each day in your area during infestations.
- Mosquitoes rarely
travel farther than 300 feet from their birthplace.
- Studies have shown
that while bats devour a huge number of insects, mosquitoes are only
a small part of their diet.
- Mosquitoes are
found all over the world, even in the Arctic
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