• Lyrl@lemm.ee
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    8 个月前

    The males don’t bite, but the females need that sweet protein from blood to grow the next generation. Exterminating all the females (the biting ones) would end the whole population.

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      8 个月前

      The non-biting variety are called “blind mosquitoes” or “midges”. Their females don’t suck blood.