Fun (?!?!) Facts About Mosquitoes and Ticks

Mosquito facts you may not have known:

• Female mosquitoes bite, not males.
• A male mosquito’s lifespan is just 7-10 days.
• Mosquito magnet? Some scientists believe that mosquitoes go after people with higher lactic acid and co2 levels in their bodies.
• Mosquito bites can be dangerous for dogs. The only way a dog can contract heartworm is through a mosquito.
• Mosquitoes kill more people than any animal per year.
• Zombie mosquitoes! Larvae can lay dormant for up to 7 years without water.
• A single mosquito with 1 soda bottle cap full of water can yield 1 billion mosquitoes in 1 month.  

How much do you know about ticks?

• One bite for life: ticks only feed 1 time in their life cycle.
• Ticks will crawl over a pile of snow for a blood meal.
• Tick larvae only have 6 legs, the other 2 grow in later.
• Next to mosquitoes, ticks reportedly transmit the most diseases to humans and animals.

Whether you found these facts fun or icky, one thing is sure – you want them away from you and your family!

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