Hi, Male mosquitoes live on nectar, fruit and plant juices, females generally on nectar and blood. They are able to do this with specialised mouth parts - an elongate piercing proboscis. [Male mosquitoes therefore have no need for a proboscis that can penetrate dead and hard barks of trees]. With regards, Neil Soares. --- On Wed, 4/25/12, surajit koley <[email protected]> wrote:
From: surajit koley <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:114576] what this mosquito doing on grass? from Hooghly To: "Neil Soares" <[email protected]> Cc: "Pankaj Oudhia" <[email protected]>, "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 8:26 PM Good evening Neil Sir. I also read this in my zoology classes. But i didn't dare to ask our professors how do male mosquitoes insert their proboscis into dead & hard bark of trees when they cannot penetrate soft human skin! Regards, surajit On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 9:00 AM, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, Male mosquitoes are purely vegetarian. Females are also largely vegetarian, but require a blood meal before egg laying. That's when they come into conflict with humans and transmit diseases. With regards, Neil Soares.
