is it possible for mosquitoes to survive in the UK?
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mosqutoes are everywhere...\nwatch out!!!
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Mosquito or frog eggs
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What’s the most dangerous creature on earth? Without question the answer is: the mosquito. Mosquitoes and the diseases they spread have been responsible for killing more people than all the wars in history. Even today, mosquitoes transmitting malaria kill 2 million to 3 million people and infect another 200 million or more every year. Tens of millions more are killed and debilitated by a host of other mosquito-borne diseases, including filariasis, yellow fever, dengue and encephalitis. \n\nBut for millions of Americans, malaria is something other people get somewhere else. The fact is that nearly half of the world’s population is at risk for malaria. Residents of the United States are not immune. Malaria has occurred in the United States, and still does on rare occasions. Mosquitoes capable of carrying and transmitting malaria still inhabit most parts of this country. And an influx of malaria-infected persons has produced localized malaria transmission in some areas of the United States. \n\nToday, however, the threat of developing encephalitis from mosquitoes is far greater than the threat of malaria in the United States. Encephalitis, meningitis and other diseases can develop from the bites of mosquitoes infected with certain viruses. These include the viruses of West Nile, St. Louis encephalitis, LaCrosse (California) encephalitis, and Eastern equine and Western equine encephalitis. \n\nMosquitoes belong to the group of insects known as diptera, or flies. In fact, mosquito means “little fly” in Spanish. Diptera means “two wings” – the characteristic that distinguishes flies from other types of insects. What distinguishes a mosquito from other types of flies are its proboscis (long tubular mouthparts for sucking up fluids) and the hair-like scales on its body. \n\nThe female mosquito’s life is often measured in weeks or months. Males typically live only about a week. The immature stages of the mosquito are less familiar to us. Mosquitoes hatch from eggs laid in places that are or will be filled with water. The eggs hatch into worm-like larvae that usually lie just beneath the water’s surface, breathe through tubes on the tail end of their bodies, and feed on microscopic organisms, such as bacteria. Thus most mosquito larvae require water containing organic material, such as leaves or sewage to serve as food for microorganisms that will be consumed by the developing mosquito larvae.\n\nIn less than a week, hatchling larvae can grow and develop into comma-shaped pupae. While larvae are commonly called “wigglers” because they wiggle violently when disturbed, mosquito pupae are known as “tumblers” because they tumble through the water when disturbed. While mosquito larvae and pupae breathe through siphon-like devices, the pupal stage does not feed. Usually within three days the pupa will transform into an adult mosquito. \n\nThere are some notable exceptions to the standard mosquito life cycle. The larvae of some mosquito species eat the larvae of other species, though the predatory larvae of some species will develop into blood-feeding adults. \n\nFemale mosquitoes can be particular about whose blood they consume, with each species having its own preferences. Most mosquitoes attack birds and mammals, though some feed on the blood of reptiles and amphibians. Only female mosquitoes bite, because a blood meal is usually required for egg laying. All male mosquitoes, and the females of a few species, do not bite. They feed on nectar and other plant juices instead of blood. \n\nVarious clues enable mosquitoes to zero in on people and other animals they seek to bite. They can detect carbon dioxide exhaled by their hosts many feet away. Mosquitoes also sense body chemicals, such as the lactic acid in perspiration. Some people are more attractive to mosquitoes than others. A person sleeping in a mosquito-infested room may wake up with dozens of mosquito bites, while the person sleeping next to them has none. Si
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There is no scientific evidence to support this. \nAccording to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), mosquitoes do not inject blood when they bite. As a result, mosquitoes do not transmit the virus. What they do inject is an itch-inducing saliva that acts as a lubricant to aid blood extraction, but it does not carry the virus.\n\nYellow fever and malaria can be transmitted through the saliva, but HIV does not reproduce in insects, so the virus doesn't survive in the mosquito long enough to be transmitted in the saliva.
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Try this site, it was the only one I could find that was all encompassing for the US- http://mosquitocentral.com/Districts.htm
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not only do the insects not live there, North Eastern people are subject to sickle cell virus, which helps protect against malaria type diseases. Sickle cell genes are heterozygous advantage
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The value of the mosquito - what do they or their larvae bring to the environment that is valuable? You could do this study with any number of "bad bugs" it could be interesting and it would make your project stand out.
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The virus can not live in the mosquito's body.  If that were true there would be alot more HIV cases world wide
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How High ?\nI used to stay in 5th floor and mosquitos still can suck your blood.\nI'm then move to 12rd floor. Amazingly, there was no more mosquitos problems.\n\nHow long do they live ?\nAverage 1 week for the female mosquitos ( those suck our blood ). \nOf course, for some species, they can live up to 1 month.\n\nDue to mutation, their eggs can stay alive up to several months without water (some species).
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You "could" get it at any time, not just in the morning.  Right now it is mainly in the India area but has been found in France too.  Jungle animals ( baboons) are the reservoir for it and it would primarily have to be a mosquito that bite one of the carrier animals that bit someone else and then a different mosquito would have to bite that person and then that mosquito would have to bite someone else.  So although it is not out of the question to get it, it will take some time for it to get here.    \n\n  but like i started out saying, it could be a bite at any time of day although mosquitoes usually are active at dawn and at dusk
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Actually, mosquitoes, as much as I loathe them, serve very much of a purpose. I live in Alaska and, as many of you may know, Alaska is famous for it's salmon. Mosquito larvae make up an extremely large and important part of a young salmon's diet. If mosquito larvae were to disappear from a lack of mosquitoes breeding, many salmon would die. As a result, there would be a shortage of salmon. Bears, eagles, and other animals would die because salmon are a staple of many critters' diets. Also, Alaskan fishing industries would suffer - all because those pesky, buzzing creatures were gone. =) isn't it amazing how everything is connected?
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Yes, insects can survive under water for a very long time.  One way is by trapping air in their body hair.  Most insects and arachnids are covered with fine hairs.  When under water, air becomes trapped among them.  This air can support the bug for a long time.\n\nThe waste pipes in your home are mostly empty.  Beyond the bowl the pipes are not full of water.  They are full of air.  Therefore once the water flows away the bug has an empty pipe upon which it can attach itself.\n\nSo the question of surviving underwater becomes moot.  There is no water to worry about.\n\nFlushing an insect or an arachnid (spiders are not insects they are arachnids) is not absolute or certain death.
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I can't remember where I saw this, but years ago in graduate school, I'm pretty sure I read that HIV can only survive for 2-6 minutes outside its human host. I don't know abou the one-way blood flow thing with mosquitos. All I know is mosquitos can transmit many other diseases, so it would make sense that they too could transmit HIV, other than HIV can't survive the intermediary.
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This is as Serious Question, especially when tackling West Nile Virus, Malaria, Dengue, all vector borne disease.\n\nGoogle this on the web, there was a recent report about Rain and Butterflies (Slightly larger than bugs) They are also frighten of rain, as it is dangerous to them, the relative size of the water droplet, would harm them.\n\nBugs, usually try to hid from the rain, going into overhangs,  under large leaves, seeking shelter when they can find it.\n\nGood Question.  Next point, ever wonder where Flies goes after dark.
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No. But May flies only live one day in the mature state. Ordinary house flies live between 3 and 4 weeks.
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Mosquito: 1-2 mg\nHouse Fly: 20 - 40 mg\n\nThese are extrapolated from the references below. You should get more confirmation from other sources.
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Yes.\n\nBut even if they do, they can't because the flies are everywhere and are impossible to exterminate.