[lace-chat] Re: Mosquitoes

2004-06-07 Thread Lynn Carpenter
Louise Hume [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: only the male mosquitoes sing, to attract the females. So... if you hear a mosquito singing, it is a male and will not bite. I have read this, too, but apparently the mosquitoes in Michigan haven't. I don't know if male and female mosquitoes have a different

Re: [lace-chat] Re: Mosquitoes

2004-06-07 Thread Weronika Patena
Louise Hume [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: only the male mosquitoes sing, to attract the females. So... if you hear a mosquito singing, it is a male and will not bite. I have read this, too, but apparently the mosquitoes in Michigan haven't. I don't know if male and female mosquitoes have a

[lace-chat] Re: Mosquitoes

2004-06-06 Thread Louise Hume
I have read, and I'm fairly sure that this is correct, that only the female mosquitoes bite because they must have a meal of blood in order to reproduce. On the other hand, only the male mosquitoes sing, to attract the females. So... if you here a mosquito singing, it is a male and will not

Re: [lace-chat] Re: Mosquitoes

2004-06-06 Thread Ruth Budge
I think I'll keep this information, Louise, and show next summer's crop of mosquitoes, so that they know what they're supposed to be doing Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Louise Hume [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:I have read, and I'm fairly sure that this is correct, that only the female