Random question for entomologists
Demented Hamsters
16-10-2006, 04:48
The other day I was watching a mosquito buzzing about. It finally landed and sat there happily while I snuck up on it (and then 'splat!' it has had it's last suck of my blood).
Anyway, while I was watching it it struck me that I've never seen a mosquito walk. They either fly or sit.
Can they walk?
Has any of you ppl ever seen a mosquito walk?
The vague weird questions that pop into one's head on a slow Monday morning...
Helspotistan
16-10-2006, 05:18
Not a entomologist.. but am a biologist.. and yes they can walk. Mostly they will only walk very short distances, but they could walk further if they wanted.. just if you could fly how often would you walk? They do not however sit very often as far as I am aware. Stand, yes.. but not sit.
New Xero Seven
16-10-2006, 05:31
Does it really matter if they walk or not? Just kill the damn buggers! :eek:
A real scientist would remove the wings from one to find out if it could walk.
if you can get your fingers near it and hold/squeeze the skin lightly, you can prevent it from extracting its feeding tube. It then fills until it explodes.
Anglachel and Anguirel
16-10-2006, 05:47
The other day I was watching a mosquito buzzing about. It finally landed and sat there happily while I snuck up on it (and then 'splat!' it has had it's last suck of my blood).
Anyway, while I was watching it it struck me that I've never seen a mosquito walk. They either fly or sit.
Can they walk?
Has any of you ppl ever seen a mosquito walk?
The vague weird questions that pop into one's head on a slow Monday morning...
I've seen one land on my sweatshirt and walk around trying to find some part of the sweatshirt that it could suck blood from. It flew off after a few seconds of fruitless, hopeless searching.:)
New Xero Seven
16-10-2006, 05:50
if you can get your fingers near it and hold/squeeze the skin lightly, you can prevent it from extracting its feeding tube. It then fills until it explodes.
Or you can pinch the area that its sucking... the blood will rush into her and then SPLAT!