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Mosquitoes feed on our blood, most of them die on the windshield of cars. Although we can say that very few mosquitoes die, because we do not know for sure how many there are in the world but are estimated to be many. And As they die 100 are born another 100 more, in this way there are always mosquitoes hanging around us.


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Most people hate mosquitoes and some think or say that it is the reincarnation of the devil, because they cause a noise that is very annoying. It is a high pitched noise that is a bit similar to what you hear at the dentist. In addition, to be noisy it stings and sucks your blood, it feeds on your blood, we could say that mosquitoes are the children of Dracula.




Some researchers from the Indian University of Kharagpur conducted a study of the mosquito (female) where it was noted that female mosquitoes have the ability to flex some of their muscles with their trunk creating a negative pressure on the skin when they itch. We realize the sting, we only notice the stinging or sting that remains because the mosquito leaves an anti-coagulant substance to bite us that facilitates the blood circulation, which is what causes the skin irritation.


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It is estimated that on our planet there are about 750,000 species of insects, and it is a figure that can increase with the passage of the years. 


About 1.5 to 30 million can increase in the future, as we discover new species of insects. In all countries there are mosquitoes, some have more presence of these insects than others, but it is estimated that about 40,000 mosquitoes may be in each country.


In London there is the Royal Entomological Society whose date of foundation dates to 1833 and is specialized in the study of all kinds of insects. I estimate that the world inhabits about 10 billion insects per square kilometer, a large enough number that we Indicate that mosquitoes are present to the most distant place.

The fact is that mosquitoes serve to feed some fish, in addition to pollinating some flowers and are the transport of bacteria and viruses that can get to affect people with their sting, such is the case of dengue that is spread by the Mosquitoes. If the mosquitoes do not exist in the world, the trophic chain could falter, but the fact is that we all see mosquitoes as enemies and we hate to be stung, all at some point in our life we have crushed our hands with a mosquitoes.


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The fact is that a hundred mosquitoes may die on the windshield of the car, others may be crushed by the hands of a human who hates their presence and annoying noise, but mosquitoes are always present and the numbers grow when it comes to insects, 

They are not extinct or in danger of being extinct. You can only endure their presence.



 


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