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Kristine Marie M.

What does a female mosquito need from blood?

I have come across many articles stating that female mosquitoes suck blood from vertebrate hosts to develop their eggs. Some also state that they need proteins, carbohydrates, iron etc., from human blood. But none of them (as far as I know) have stated what components exactly are needed from blood for their egg development. If proteins, what kind of proteins?

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