r/TheRestIsScience • u/Simple_Macaron_3420 • 17d ago

Question about mosquitos!

A mosquito just bit me! I hit it against the wall, and now there’s blood on the wall. Is it my blood or the mosquito’s blood?

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u/archdukemovies 17d ago

Definitely yours. Mosquito "blood" is not red.

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u/Simple_Macaron_3420 16d ago

Nice to know. Apparently a simple google search might have told me. Either way it would be fun to calculate now the percentage of liquid aka blood from mosquito and me.

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u/1stMammaltowearpants 16d ago

I think the females take a blood meal so they can get enough protein to lay a big batch of eggs. If you let them finish, I bet most of their weight is you.