These mozzies are ancient, male bloodsuckers
06 December 2023
KATE GOLEMBIEWSKI
| New York Times | Science
NEW YORK - Every single mosquito that’s ever bitten you has been female. For them, a meal of blood is the ultimate girl dinner. This is because the only female mosquitoes have mouth parts capable of piercing skin.
But insects found trapped in amber, described in a study just published in the journal Current Biology, suggest that male mosquitoes may have once been bloodsuckers too.
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