Good evening Tanay Sir. I read mosquitoes feed on plant sap and they suck blood in order to gain rich protein to develop their eggs. Some spiders devour their male partners for similar reason! - http://insects.about.com/od/spiders/a/10-facts-about-tarantulas.htm
Regards, surajit On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 12:18 AM, Tanay Bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Surajit Ji. > Great capture and truly interesting fact. I too have never heard about > mosquitos > sucking plant sap.... very interesting. > Tanay > > On 24 April 2012 11:18, surajit koley <surajitnotavaila...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Dear Sir / Madam, >> >> Never heard/read mosquitoes bask under sun. They, i think, do when they >> emerge out of their pupal stage in order to dry their wings. But it is an >> adult one and there was no pool nearby. Trying to suck plant sap? >> >> Species : UNKNOWN >> Habit & Habitat : gerb on playground >> Date : 23-04-12, 11.00 a.m. >> Place : Hooghly, WB >> >> Regards, >> >> surajit >> > > > > -- > *Tanay Bose* > Research & Teaching Assistant. > Department of Botany. > University of British Columbia . > 6270 University Blvd. > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > 604-822-6089 (Fax) > tanay.b...@botany.ubc.ca <ta...@interchange.ubc.ca> > *Webpages:* > UBC Botany , Berbee Lab <http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html> > UBC Botany, People <http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html> > EfloraofIndia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> > > >
