Mosquitoes can survive prolonged droughts by drinking blood, which helps to explain why rates of mosquito-borne illness don’t always decline in dry periods.
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Mosquitoes can survive prolonged droughts by drinking blood, which helps to explain how their populations quickly rebound when it finally rains, biologists at the University of Cincinnati said.
UC postdoctoral researcher Christopher Holmes led a study examining how two species of mosquito known for infecting people with diseases such as malaria were able to survive nearly three weeks without rain.
