what this mosquito doing on grass? from Hooghly

[surajit koley]

Dear Sir / Madam,

 

Never heard/read mosquitoes bask under sun. They, i think, do when they emerge out of their pupal stage in order to dry their wings. But it is an adult one and there was no pool nearby. Trying to suck plant sap?

 

Species : UNKNOWN

Habit & Habitat : gerb on playground

Date : 23-04-12, 11.00 a.m.

Place : Hooghly, WB

 

Regards,

 

surajit

[Tanay Bose]

Hi Surajit Ji.

Great capture and truly interesting fact. I too have never heard about mosquitos 

sucking plant sap.... very interesting.

Tanay

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[Pankaj Oudhia]

"Typically, both male and female mosquitoes feed on nectar and plant juices, but in many species the mouthparts of the females are adapted for piercing the skin of animal hosts and sucking their blood as ectoparasites. "

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito 

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Pankaj Oudhia

[surajit koley]

Good evening Tanay Sir.

I read mosquitoes feed on plant sap and they suck blood in order to gain rich protein to develop their eggs. Some spiders devour their male partners for similar reason! - http://insects.about.com/od/spiders/a/10-facts-about-tarantulas.htm

Regards,

surajit

[surajit koley]

Good morning Pankaj Sir.

I have also read the protein requirement of mosquitoes in order to develop their eggs.

Thank you & Regards,

surajit

[Neil Soares]

Hi,     Male mosquitoes are purely vegetarian. Females are also largely vegetarian, but require a blood meal before egg laying. That's when they come into conflict with humans and transmit diseases.              With regards,               Neil Soares. --- On Wed, 4/25/12, surajit koley <surajitno...@gmail.com> wrote:

[ushadi Micromini]

Neil: yes. that is correct, you are right...
also apocryphal stories abound how lady mosquitoes are attracted to people who sweat out vit b12, have you ever heard it?
Usha di

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[Neil Soares]

Hi,  Negative. Have not heard of Vit B12 in sweat attracting mosquitoes, but Lactic acid [secreted by all warm blooded animals in their skin], CO2 emission and smelly feet odour are known attractants.                     With regards,                       Neil Soares. --- On Wed, 4/25/12, ushadi Micromini <micromi...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Yazdy Palia]

Had a friend doing research on mosquitoes. He used to multiply them in the laboratory in cages. would leave a swab of honey for the male mosquitoes, and for the female, he used to hold the leg of a pigeon touching the net of the cage and the females would immediately appear and start sucking its blood. One day when he was a bit careless, he did not realize that they were actually sucking from his palm too which incidentally was touching the net.
Regards.
Yazdy.

[Madhuri Pejaver]

Dear Surjit

Male mosquitoes always feed on plant sap.

The one who feed on your blood are always females

Madhuri

On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 11:48 PM, surajit koley <surajitno...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Satish Phadke]

Very good pictures of the flowers of the grass and the mosquito.
Thanks everybody for interesting information.

On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 11:48 PM, surajit koley <surajitno...@gmail.com> wrote:

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Dr Satish Phadke

[surajit koley]

Good evening Neil Sir.

I also read this in my zoology classes. But i didn't dare to ask our professors how do male mosquitoes insert their proboscis into dead & hard bark of trees when they cannot penetrate soft human skin!

Regards,

surajit

On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 9:00 AM, Neil Soares <drneil...@yahoo.com> wrote:

[surajit koley]

Thank you Didi for this info. It reminds me that once a read an article in a daily ( as far as i can remember it was TimesofIndia) that female mosquitoes prefer some people more who exudes special body odor for some hormonal activities in their body.

Regards,

surajit

On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 9:25 AM, ushadi Micromini <micromi...@gmail.com> wrote:

Neil: yes. that is correct, you are right...
also apocryphal stories abound how lady mosquitoes are attracted to people who sweat out vit b12, have you ever heard it?
Usha di

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Usha di
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[surajit koley]

Thank you once again for this info countering Vit-B12 and drawing attention to CO2 & smelly feet!

 

Regards,

 

surajit

[surajit koley]

Interesting experiment on mosquitoes, Yazdy Sir, thank you.

 

Thinking if anybody ever did an experiment on observing how long those mosquitoes survive when they do not get their daily ration, be it honey or blood!

 

Regards,

 

surajit

[surajit koley]

Yes, Madam, we do inform the same to our students when we discuss about malaria, dengu and filaria.

 

Regards,

 

surajit

[surajit koley]

Thank you very much for appreciating the pics, Satish Sir.

 

Regards,

 

surajit

[Neil Soares]

Hi,  Male mosquitoes live on nectar, fruit and plant juices, females generally on nectar and blood. They are able to do this with specialised mouth parts - an elongate piercing proboscis. [Male mosquitoes therefore have no need for a proboscis that can penetrate dead and hard barks of trees].

With regards,                   Neil Soares. --- On Wed, 4/25/12, surajit koley <surajitno...@gmail.com> wrote:

From: surajit koley <surajitno...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:114576] what this mosquito doing on grass? from Hooghly

[surajit koley]

Thank you once again, Sir.

 

Regards,

 

surajit

[ushadi Micromini]

An excellent guide to Mosquito replelent is written by a medical entomologist from Australia.
Its at

http://medent.usyd.edu.au/RepellentGuidelines.pdf

Usha di

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[surajit koley]

Good morning Didi... downloaded the pdf file featuring excellent macro too!

Regards,

surajit