Mosquitoes are myths and the truth

The season of mosquitoes began. Now itching and blisters (in children often very large) - a frequent phenomenon. What are the dangers of these insects that are habitual for us, what statements about them are true and which ones are not?

Fact No. 1: Mosquitoes bitten more dinosaurs

Yes it's true.

The first mosquitoes appeared on Earth more than 100 million years ago and reached 5 centimeters in length. In 2008, in the Spanish province of Cantabria, fossil insects with dinosaur blood in the stomachs were found. Modern individuals are much smaller, but enough million mosquitoes to deprive a person of all blood. True, the mosquito itself will die sooner from a toxic shock. In Siberia in ancient times, even there was such a form of execution - prisoners were tied to a tree and left to eat a nest, and in Persia, criminals were sent to swamp mosquitoes by boat.

In Long Beach, mosquitoes that carry the Zick virus

According to reports from the Department of Health and Human Services, Long Beach first detected mosquitoes that could be carriers of the Zick virus, dengue fever and other viruses.

In the United States bred special mosquitoes, killing mosquitoes

Killer mosquito

The state of Florida will be the first in the United States to colonize a colony of genetically modified mosquitoes, "programmed" to kill ordinary mosquitoes. 

"Microsoft" has developed a robot-killer mosquitoes

killer mosquitoes

Trap with "brains" is designed for catching insects that carry diseases.
Microsoft has created an intelligent mosquito trap that can help scientists detect dangerous viruses and bacteria in these insects. The results of the first experiments were announced at a scientific conference in Boston.