1. Mosquitoes eggs require temperature of 50 degree Celsius to hatch in stagnant water - that's why we have more mosquitoes during dry season.
2. Mosquitoes prefer warm blooded to cold blooded people, meaning people who sweat more are likely to be attacked.
3. Mosquitoes are cold blooded and hate light - that's why they are found under flowers, wardrobes, septic tanks, soak-away and places that are dark and cold.
4. An egg contains about 100 new mosquitoes - they are formed in clusters.
5. Mosquitoes kill 2-3 million people annually from Mosquito-born diseases (Malaria, Filariasis, Meningitis, Yellow fever, ecephalitis, etc.)
6. The carbon dioxide that you exhale is detected by mosquitoes' antenna and they come to attack you. That's why they can trace you in the dark.
7. Flowers from minty family (Lavender, Lemon grass, etc) can be used to control mosquitoes in your surroundings.The smell from those plants repel them.
8. The noise that mosquitoes generate come from the flapping of their wings. They can flap their wings as much as 500 times in 1 minute.
9. It is only the females of mosquitoe species that bite you. They require your blood to fertilize their eggs. The males feed on fruit nectar.
10. Mosquitoes can suck blood that is 3 times their body weight - that's why it's easy to kill them after their blood meal.
