when mosquitoes bite you do they swap how much blood they’ve taken and replace with irritant acid? – Secondary 11

Question: when mosquitoes bite you do they swap how much blood they've taken and replace with irritant acid?
- Keywords:
  acid,
  blood,
  disease,
  irritant,
  mosquitoes
Asked by galkeviciute to Faye, Martin, Mus, Pete on 25 Apr 2012.
- Pete Etchells answered on 25 Apr 2012:
  
  Not quite! When they bite you, it’s because they want to feed on your blood. They inject the bite wound with a goo that stops the blood going dry, which makes it easier to drink. Having this goo inside the bite is what makes it swell and stay swelled up for a few days afterwards, but the mosquitoes take more blood than the goo they inject you with!

eliskabonich01 commented on 27 Apr 2012:

eww thats gross but interesting! 🙂

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campkid219 commented on 11 May 2012:

ewwwwww that is gross but thanks for the infomation

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Question: when mosquitoes bite you do they swap how much blood they've taken and replace with irritant acid?