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Mosquitos are primarily nectar feeders. Male mosquitos are unable to suck blood. Female mosquitos do suck animal blood in order to gain enough protein to lay eggs. The largest species of mosquito, Toxorhynchities, never sucks blood but eats other mosquito larvae.

Female mosquitos are attracted to their potential carnivorous snacks by the carbon dioxide they exhale, by their body heat, and by various body odors. Scientists still aren't sure why mosquitos are more attracted to some people than others. Home remedies for mosquito bites include calamine lotion, baking soda, rubbing alcohol, vinegar, saliva, and heat.

In Japanese culture, it is sometimes believed that people who commit atrocities in their lives will be reincarnated as mosquitos.