KNOW ABOUT MOSQUITO

  • Mosquitoes have been in existence since the dinosaur era which is 400 million years ago.
  • They are found close to still water, where their larvae feed and develop.
  • They seem to be attracted to dark colours.
  • Mosquitoes will normally bite you at dawn or dusk - mostly nocturnal. That's when their internal clocks tell them it is feeding time.
  • Mosquitoes are attracted to heat and they find lactic acid alluring thus would tend to bite people who had just exercised.
  • Bigger people tend to attract more mosquitoes because they produce higher Carbon Dioxide and lactic acid.