mosquito, n.Trivia

Goldfish are sometimes put in a horse's water trough on farms to control mosquito and other insect larvae

Banana peels have anti-inflammatory properties and can relieve itching from bug bites or poison ivy

Mosquitos are attracted to smelly feet

Mosquitos are no fan of citronella because it irritates their feet

The extinction of mosquitoes would have little effect on the planet's ecosystem and would improve the health quality of developing countries.

Mosquitos are attracted to people who just ate bananas

It would take a swarm of about 1.1 million mosquitos sucking at the same time to drain all the blood from an adult human.

There are almost no mosquitoes in Disney World (Florida) even though it is in a swampy territory abundant with bugs. They have a sophisticated mosquito surveillance program to try and eliminate them quickly.

Mosquitoes prefer children to adults and blondes to brunettes

Dance music helps ward off mosquitoes

Mosquitos are more likely to bite people with Type O blood

Mosquitoes are the only creatures responsible for the deaths of more humans than humans themselves.

Elephants can use the skin folds on their backs to crush mosquitos.

Mosquitos have 47 teeth

Mosquitoes can detect carbon dioxide from 75 feet away. In fact that's how they find their victims.

Iceland doesn't have mosquitos and nobody knows why

Mosquitos live two weeks on average

Mosquitoes survive the impact of raindrops using a zen-like approach of non-resistance.

Only female mosquitos are biters

Mosquitoes infect more than 700 million people with various diseases each year.