How and Why a Mosquito Bites You

• Female mosquitoes feed on human blood, not for their own nutritional purposes but in order to produce their eggs
• The mosquito has a mouthpart called a proboscis, which is like a hypodermic needle.
• She uses the proboscis to pierce your skin and probe around until she finds a capillary to suck the blood from
• While biting, mosquitoes inject saliva into your body to stop your blood from coagulating; this is the point at which she can transmit diseases directly into your bloodstream
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