Mosquito Facts You Need to Know:

  • Mosquitoes are attracted more towards Women than they are to Men!
  • Want to avoid being bitten by these little winged creatures? Wear light shaded clothes. Mosquitoes are attracted to the heat retained by darker clothes.
  • Of the 3000 different varieties of mosquitoes around the world, 176 are found in the United States.
  • Only the female mosquitoes bite. The male ones do not have the capability to pierce skin.
  • The life span of a female mosquito is 3 to 100 days while the male mosquito is between 10 to 20 days.
  • Mosquitoes are attracted to humans because of the Carbon dioxide we exhale and the sweat generated .You now know how important that Shower is!
  • A mosquito can drink up to three times its weight in blood.
  • Mosquitoes are one of the largest agents in spreading human diseases.
  • A Mosquito doesn’t actually kill humans by its own merit. They however help in spreading fatal diseases such as Malaria, Dengue, Yellow Fever, Encephalitis and so on.
  • An estimated two to three million people die every year due to Mosquito related incidents.
  • Children and kids are more prone to mosquito related diseases.