National Wildlife claims that mosquitoes are the deadliest animals on earth . The malarial parasite carried by them probably kills a million children each year, just in Africa alone. Mosquitoes have probably killed more people than all the wars that were ever filmed for television. They carry yellow fever, malaria, filariasis , sleeping sickness, and at least 100 different viruses, including dengue that horrible breakbone fever disease. Swarms of them have been known to draw enough blood to kill grown cows overnight.
Warm blood makes their eggs hatch more efficiently.
Consequently, only the girls are putting the bite on us. Boy skeeters are the sugar and spice of the species. They hatch out a few minutes before the girl skeeters. Girl skeeters are made of sterner stuff. According to the American Mosquito Control Association they live up to 30 days.