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Agriculture · Q616

Agricultural Entomology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 616

Q616

Blood sucking species is

A.
Anopheles male
B.
Anopheles female
Answer
C.
Both A and B
D.
None of these

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Blood sucking species is Anopheles female.
Females have a more needle-like proboscis, which they use for biting. Males have bushy, hairy antennae, while the antennae of females are a lot less hairy.
They utilize the protein and iron in our blood to produce their eggs, only female mosquitoes feed on human blood. The iron and protein in human blood, help them produce eggs.