Recent research suggests that male mosquitoes can be just as bloodthirsty as females in certain situations, challenging the traditional belief that only female mosquitoes feed on blood and spread diseases. Male Culex tarsalis and Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, typically uninterested in blood, have been observed taking blood meals when deprived of sugar due to low humidity levels. This discovery was made by a graduate student in entomologist Jason Rasgon’s lab at Penn
Date: 2024-10-25 10:00:00
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