In April 2021, researchers from biotech company Oxitec released bioengineered male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which don’t bite, to mate with the wild female population in the Florida keys. The genetically engineered males will pass a modified gene on that will kill their female offspring as larva. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: First genetically modified mosquitoes released in the United States (nature.com)
A mosquito’s proboscis has six needles, two of which have 47 sharp edges on their tips to help cut through skin and even protective layers of clothing in order to suck your blood. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://endmosquitoes.com/do-mosquitoes-have-teeth-number/
The wingless midge (or small fly) Belgica Antarctica is the largest land animal permanently living in Antarctica is only .24 inches long. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://onlyfunfacts.com/fun-facts/facts-about-antarctica/
Pregnant women attract roughly twice as many mosquito bites as non-pregnant people. This is likely because they tend to exhale more carbon dioxide and have a higher body temperature than others. – WTF Fun Facts
A 2015 research study on the efficiency of mosquito repellents found that Victoria’s Secret’s Bombshell perfume actually repelled mosquito’s better than nearly all the other non-DEET products. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/mosquitoes-repelled-by-victorias-secret-perfume-2015-11
Farmers will often put goldfish in their horse’s water trough to eat the insects and prevent mosquito larvae from producing. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://horsenetwork.com/2018/07/goldfish-water-trough/
A chemical compound that will make you invisible to mosquitoes – WTF fun fact
How many mosquitos it would take to drain a human – WTF fun facts
