Are all Mosquitoes Blood-Sucker? Why they suck blood?

Mosquito - Mosquitoes suck blood, why ?
Malaysia
June 14, 2008 2:12am CST
My kid was bitten by a mosquito last evening, he asked me why mosquito wants to suck our blood? Are all mosquitoes blood-sucker? Can you help me to answer this question?
4 responses
@davkoh (34)
• Singapore
14 Jun 08
nope..I read somewhere that only the femal mosquitoes suck blood. The male mosquites dont suck blood..they eat something else. I forgot how to differentiate them though. lols
• Malaysia
14 Jun 08
Thanks for sharing.I heard somebody told me only female mosquito suck blood too ! But why ?
@davkoh (34)
• Singapore
14 Jun 08
lol. Females are a vampiric species?. lol
@mentalward (14690)
• United States
14 Jun 08
Only the female mosquitoes suck blood. It is to feed their babies (eggs). The males only drink nectar. Females drink nectar as well, but drink blood for egg production. There is one species of mosquito in which neither male nor female suck blood. These mosquitoes feed off of other mosquitoes. Some people call them "Skeeter Eaters".
• Indonesia
15 Jun 08
wow, mentalward. so blood is sucked for the egg production? no wonder that only female mosquitoes suck blood. thanks for sharing the information! :)
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
14 Jun 08
I have no idea really. I think alot of them just like to bite us for some reason or another. I know that ticks are the ones who are blood suckers. they like to burrow their heads underneath our skin and sick our blood and swell up. I have never really heard of a mosquito sucking blood though. I think they just like to bite.
• Indonesia
15 Jun 08
I might be wrong, but I think only female ones that sucked blood. But I don’t know the reason why they suck blood and the males don’t suck blood. However, not only humans are becoming their target. I think animals are sucked by mosquitoes too. But probably humans would be their preference because our skins are not covered like animals. However, I often found that after they were full with ‘their meals’ (blood), they would become fainted and we would easily finish them off when they were full.