Is sexual dimorphism distinct in mosquitoes?

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2026-04-14 05:25

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Adult female mosquitoes tend to be larger than males. Male mosquitoes have plumose (feather-like or "fuzzy" antennae) and longer palps.

Behaviorally, male and female mosquitoes are also distinct in some ways. For example, only female mosquitoes take blood meals. Males subsist only on plant juices. Mosquitoes are also protandrous, meaning that the males tend to emerge as adults before females.

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