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Mosquito

KIND OF ANIMAL: Insect


FOOD
Mosquitoes eat plant juices.

ENEMIES
Birds, bats and frogs eat lots of mosquitoes. Dragonflies and fish eat them, too. Humans don’t like mosquito bites. Slap!

WHERE THEY LIVE
Mosquitoes live everywhere!
You will find lots of them near water.
They hang around ponds, lakes, swamps and marshes.

 

DID YOU KNOW?
  • The sound of the mosquito bothers a lot of people.
  • The mosquito beats its wings very fast to make the sound. Its wings beat about 500 times a second!
  • Only the female mosquito sucks blood. They use the blood to help their eggs hatch.
  • Mosquitoes lay their eggs in the water.

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