![]() Otherwise, the mosquitoes feed on nectar from flowers. This means that they feed on blood only when they are almost ready to lay eggs. They bite in a bid to suck blood from the host since they require some proteins found in blood to help them during the egg formation process. Notably, the female mosquitoes called Anopheles mosquito bite the host and in the process pass germs to the host. There are approximately 3,500 species of mosquitoes in the world, most are harmless to humans, but some act as vectors of various diseases to animals and human beings (Sathe, Sathe & Mahendra, 2011). The diseases are transmitted through microorganism (microbes) which are tiny pathogens or germs they also include viruses. ![]() Mosquitoes are referred to as vectors since they transmit diseases from one vertebrate animal called host to another. ![]()
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