Mosquito

A Mosquito is a hostile Mob that spawns from Ponds, at Dusk and Night, in Marsh Biomes. Mosquitoes are fast-moving and aggressive.
Because they deal a relatively small amount of damage, farming them can be profitable for health from their Mosquito Sacks. They have a small red blood sac which grows with each successful attack. On the fourth successful attack, the Mosquito will explode and cause additional damage to its surroundings.
Mosquitoes will not spawn during Winter, as their Ponds will be frozen throughout the season.
== Hunting ==
The most effective way to deal with Mosquitoes is to capture them with a Bug Net. When caught, the Mosquito will turn into an Item in the player's Inventory, which can be Murdered for a 50% chance of getting a Mosquito Sack. Due to their fast flying speed, Mosquitoes are difficult to hit with melee weapons. When hit, the Mosquito will be "stunlocked" and spin around for a moment before recovering. This makes them very easy to kill in a 1v1 fight.
In Don't Starve, wearing any kind of head and body Armor at the same time will prevent the player from taking damage and being stunlocked by Mosquitoes. The player still takes damage from the explosion.
Mosquitoes take one blast from the Ice Staff to be frozen and one Sleep Dart to be put to sleep.
== Downloadable Content ==
In all DLCs, Mosquitoes inside the player's inventory will starve in 2 days unless fed. They can be fed with anything edible to the player, even Mandrakes, Deerclops Eyeballs, Rot, and such.
In the Reign of Giants DLC, Mosquitoes can be collected by harvesting Tumbleweeds.
In the Shipwrecked DLC, Mosquitoes are replaced by their Poisonous variant, spawning from puddles and Mangroves in Monsoon season.
In the Hamlet DLC, Mosquitoes spawn from Lily Pads in the Lily Ponds Biome during Dusk and Night.
== Crafting Recipes ==
== Trivia ==
* Mosquitoes were added in A Little Rain Must Fall update.
* Mosquitoes originally spawned from the same Ponds as Frogs, but that has been changed so each spawns from separate, different colored Ponds (Mosquito Ponds are darker).
* Before the All's Well That Maxwell update, Mosquitoes did not drop anything.
* Real-life mosquitoes lay their eggs in stagnant water, which explains why Mosquitoes spawn from Ponds in game.
== Gallery ==
Mosquito All Stages.png|All stages of a Mosquito.
Mosquito Flying Animation.gif|Animation of a Mosquito flying..
Mosquito Attacked Animation.gif|Animation of a Mosquito getting attacked.
Mosquito Sleeping Animation.gif|Animation of a Mosquito sleeping.
Mosquito Exploding Animation.gif|Animation of a Mosquito exploding.
Mosquito_Pond_Ingame.jpg|A mosquito spawning pond.
Frozen Mosquito.PNG|A frozen mosquito.
Mosquitotrap.png|Maxwell's Mosquito trap; an unimplemented item.
Mosquito Pond and Frog Pond.png|Wilson next to a Frog Pond and a Mosquito Pond.
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Category:Mobs
Category:Animals
Category:Hostile Creatures
Category:Flying Creatures
Category:Surface Creatures
Category:Summer
Category:Mob Dropped Items
Category:Nocturnals