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How Do Mosquitoes Suck Our Blood?
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  • Release Date: 2025-04-30
  • Mosquitos
  • Blood meal
  • Vector
  • Disease transmission
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This video is adapted from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD8SmacBUcU

How mosquitos suck the human blood.

It is known that only the female mosquito sucks the human blood and takes the blood meal for oviposition and maturation.

The male mosquito does not feed on blood, but nectar and plant juice instead.

The blood feeding behaviour of the female mosquito plays a vital role in the mechanical and biological disease transmission.

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