Mosquito Facts

Do all mosquitoes suck our blood?

FACT: Only the female mosquitoes feed on blood, male mosquitoes feed on plant nectar and juices.

Some species only feed on the blood of amphibians (frogs). Mosquitoes have been observed feeding on other insects, even other mosquitoes.

Male and female mosquitoes in the genus Toxorhynchites feed on plant nectar.

The minute mosquitoes in the genus Malaya wait for ants then thrust their proboscis between the mandibles (jaws) of the ant. The ant then feeds the mosquito.

Source: mosquitoes.org