{"id":565,"date":"2024-01-04T18:24:53","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T18:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diymaven.com\/?p=565"},"modified":"2024-01-06T11:09:50","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T11:09:50","slug":"how-long-does-a-mosquito-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diymaven.com\/guide\/how-long-does-a-mosquito-live\/","title":{"rendered":"How Long Does a Mosquito Live: Facts Debunk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The answer to the question “How long does a mosquito live?” depends on whether the mosquito is male or female. Female mosquitoes can live for up to 56 days, while males typically only live for 10 days<\/em><\/span>. So, if you’re being bitten by a mosquito, there’s a good chance it’s a female!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Mosquito Biology<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Mosquitoes are tiny, long-legged, two-winged insects from the order of Diptera and the family Culicidae. Female mosquitoes need blood to develop their eggs. They pierce the skin with their mouthparts and withdraw blood through a tube. This can cause redness, swelling, and itching at the site of the bite. Some people may also have an allergic reaction to mosquito bites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mosquitoes are distinguished from other flies by their scales on the wing veins and wing margins, as well as an elongate proboscis that is used to bite and extract blood from their host, which is required for egg development. More than 2,600 species are in this group, including over 162 species that occur in the United States and belong to 13 genera and 3 subfamilies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n