A mosquito is a small insect. It is found mainly in hot and moist parts of the world. Mosquitoes disturb our sleep at night. Mosquitoes like to live in dark, damp and dirty places. Mosquitoes are a great nuisance to us. Female mosquitoes breed in dirty drains, stagnant water, dark and damp bushes.
We are always afraid of mosquito bites. Their buzzing sound is quite disturbing to the ears and their bites are painful to the skin. Only female mosquitoes can suck blood by entering their sharp stings into the skin of their prey. The male mosquitoes cannot do so as they have blunt stings.
Mosquitoes are very harmful to men. They spread different diseases like malaria and yellow fever. Very recently, they have been reported to spread dangerous diseases called encephalitis and dengue. To get rid of mosquitoes and their painful bites, we should sleep under mosquito nets and clear dirty drains and ponds in and around our localities. Mosquito repellants too can be used for this purpose.
