Thank you once again, Sir. Regards,
surajit On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 10:38 PM, Neil Soares <[email protected]>wrote: > > 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]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[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. > >
