Amazing mossie facts

Malaria-carrying mosquito
  • A mosquito can fly an estimated 1 to 1.5 miles per hour
  • Mosquito is the Spanish name for little fly
  • Biting increases by a massive 500 times when there is a full moon
  • The wings of a mosquito beat 500 times a second
  • A mosquito can smell a crowd from 20 metres away
  • A mosquito can drink up to 3 times its weight in blood
  • Mosquitoes fly a huge 150 miles in their lifetime
  • The average mosquito weighs in at a tiny 2 to 2.5 milligrams
  • Mosquitoes’ bodies are divided into three parts and they have six jointed legs. They also have scales on their wings