Northern frog-biting mosquito
The northern frog-biting mosquito is a mosquito with a very unusual taste. Instead of people, the females like to drink the blood of frogs best. They even find their frogs by listening to them croak.
How fast is it?
Fun facts
It finds frogs by following the sound of their croaking.
It needs some light to hunt and does not feed in total darkness.
Body warmth does not help it find food, which makes sense because frogs are not warm like we are.
In winter the females hide in damp caves and underground places, sometimes together with other kinds of mosquitoes.
It can carry a frog disease from one frog to another, which can be bad news for frogs.
Most asked questions about Northern frog-biting mosquito
?Do frog-biting mosquitoes bite people?
Only now and then. They much prefer the blood of frogs, toads and reptiles.
?How does it find frogs?
It listens for their croaking and flies towards the sound.
?Where do its babies live?
In clean ponds with lots of water plants.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Culex territans
- Group
- Flies and mosquitoes
- Family
- Culicidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Diptera > Culicidae
- Lives on
- North America, Europe, Africa, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Culex territans (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Cilla Moerman. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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