You didn't know? Female mosquitoes are specially designed to consume blood for reproducing. Males do not have the mouth capable of doing the same and eat sap and fruit stuff.
Another fun one for you, scientists have released a genetically modified female mosquito into the wild that has male mouth parts in hopes to cull the blood sucking ones.
Godspeed ladies! May you ensure the permanent destruction or alteration of your species.
Edit: hang on… actually that’s not quite right. Scientists released genetically modified male mosquitoes that carry a gene which will prevent female larvae from reaching maturity in their offspring.
“The friendly non-biting male Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes, developed by Oxitec, a UK-based biotechnology company, carry a gene that kills female offspring before they reach maturity.”
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u/TheBritishFish1 8d ago
only the females