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Very interesting and educational article...regarding the mosquito as Texas's state insect, people do not seem to be aware how important the mosquito is in the food web...the larvae (wrigglers) and pupae (tumblers) are food for fish and amphibians, and the adults are food for birds and reptiles. Speaking strictly as an entomologist/biologist, mosquitoes are also important in "moderating" populations of mammals, as well, through their disease carrying ability...keeping in check population explosions and lowering peaks in population cycles...not that I'm excited about getting malaria or West Nile Virus from mosquito bites. We learn to regularly clean and empty containers of water (breeding sites), avoid being outside at dawn and dusk (their most active feeding times), wear protective clothing, and use mosquito repellents.
Thanks so much for the interesting info on mosquitoes. When I'm researching these "factoid" articles, I'm so torn between keeping the article less than a gazillion words, and presenting all the facts about each subject. My research on mosquitoes was mind-boggling, to say the least! Perhaps a whole article devoted to these critters is a future project.
