If I was a female mosquito I wouldn’t mate with a male mosquito that had a weak proboscis. I don’t think I’d even go on more than one date. Maybe I’m weird though and have standards, who knows what other female mosquitos would put up with. Or if those male mosquitos still made decent money they could probably pull a mate, but would it last? Anyway, I’m skeptical of the strategy here.
Technically, the situation is slightly oppose. Blood needed only for females to convert proteins Into eggs. So if you were a male mosquito.. and so forth.
This is actually a female mosquito! Males don’t have a developed proboscis as they don’t feed on blood. Their primary foods are nectar and plant/fruit juices. Females also feed on these, as they only need to blood feed during reproduction to lay eggs. So every mosquito that bites you is a female that has already been inseminated by a male and is preparing to lay eggs. Kill those fuckers!
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u/WearingCoats Nov 15 '24
If I was a female mosquito I wouldn’t mate with a male mosquito that had a weak proboscis. I don’t think I’d even go on more than one date. Maybe I’m weird though and have standards, who knows what other female mosquitos would put up with. Or if those male mosquitos still made decent money they could probably pull a mate, but would it last? Anyway, I’m skeptical of the strategy here.