Why do mosquitoes bite?
Mommy mosquitoes bite because they need a tiny sip of blood for their eggs.
Pip’s answer
- Mommy mosquitoes bite because they need a tiny sip of blood for their eggs.
- Daddy mosquitoes never bite at all. They only drink sweet flower juice!
- Mommy mosquitoes find people by sniffing the air we breathe out.
- Wow-ee, a mosquito flaps its wings hundreds of times every second. Bzzz!
Try it together
Can you make a tiny buzzing sound like a mosquito?
For grown-ups
Only female mosquitoes bite. They need protein from blood to develop their eggs. Males feed only on nectar and plant juices. Mosquitoes find us by detecting the carbon dioxide we breathe out, body heat and skin odors.
Ask your child: What helps keep mosquitoes away when we play outside?
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