15 Things Mosquito Experts Never Do in the Summer
If you think mosquitoes suck, science is on your side. They don't actually bite, explains Lyric Bartholomay, a medical entomologist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine: They have sucking mouthparts, not biting ones.
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If you think mosquitoes suck, science is on your side. They don't actually bite, explains Lyric Bartholomay, a medical entomologist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine: They have sucking mouthparts, not biting ones. "So they literally suck," she says, "and they figuratively suck, too."Their resume only gets worse from there. The mosquito is the deadliest animal on the planet, killing more people than any other creature by spreading malaria, dengue, West Nile virus, Zika, chikungunya, and other diseases.
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- If you think mosquitoes suck, science is on your side. They don't actually bite, explains Lyric Bartholomay, a medical entomologist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine: They have sucking mouthparts, not biting ones.
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