> "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 pitch, but I > can definitely hear the ones that bite me. Then again, perhaps this is a > "species" thing, with some mosquiteo species quiet and other ones "buzzy".
I've also heard the female-biting thing, but I've definitely had some buzzing ones bite me. I think maybe only females bite in the large mosquito species and all of them bite in the small one? That is assuming those are different species at all. > >Louise in Central Virginia, where we have had so much rain in the past > >month that the mozzies rise up in clouds when one walks across the lawn. Ouch. Living in the desert has advantages. Weronika To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
