Facts About Mosquitoes and Blood
If you become nauseated at the thought of blood, you wouldn’t make a great mosquito. Well, female mosquito anyway. Mammalian blood is not just life-sustaining for female mosquitoes. It is used to create new life. Male mosquitoes spend their lives feeding on nectar and plant sap, while females are mostly out for blood. Female mosquitoes seek out their blood meal in order to fertilize their eggs. Human blood contains essential nutrients that help mosquito eggs grow. Among those nutrients are amino acids and proteins. Females lay their clutches in standing water, and those eggs will become adults in about 8 to 10 days. That is potentially 100 to 200 new mosquitoes buzzing around your property, seeking blood, and procreating!