Giant mosquito found in China
News24xx.com - An Chinese entomologist found a gigantic mosquito with the length of its wings being 11,15 cm. Zhao Li, Insect Museum curator in west China said that the mosquito, one of the biggest mosquito species in the world, called Holorusia Mikado, was found last August during the visit to Mount Qingcheng in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, south west of China.
Holorusia mikado was first found in Japan by an English entomologist, John Obadiah Westwood in 1876. It generally has 8 cm wings length. The mosquito found in China is bigger than the one found in Japan.
“This mosquito looks frightening, but it does not drink blood. Adult mosquitoes only have a few days span of life and mainly drink nectar” he said. “There are tens of thousands mosquito species in the world. Almost 100 of them drink blood and cause problem for humans” This mosquito is mostly found in mountain area under 2.200 meters. “They are weak flyers because of their size. When they fly, it looks more like jumping” he said.
The mosquito will be shown as specimen in Insect Museum in West China. The museum becomes the home of 700.000 specimens and more than 70 of them are the biggest species in the world.
News24xx.com/fik/army
-
Aug 07, 2020 | 04:23 pm LT
116 students in a Mississippi school district have...
-
Aug 04, 2020 | 11:29 pm LT
The coronavirus pandemic has caused the largest di...
-
Jul 25, 2020 | 10:31 am LT
ICE will block any new students planning to enroll...
-
Jul 15, 2020 | 08:59 am LT
With coronavirus infections and deaths rising, ed...
-
Jun 24, 2020 | 10:12 am LT
To prepare students for classes in the coronavirus...
-
Jun 14, 2020 | 10:05 pm LT
China warns students not to studying in Australia ...
-
Aug 16, 2020 | 05:06 am LT
Attack of Racism; Give Salute in the style of Nazi...
-
Aug 09, 2020 | 11:50 am LT
Viral Story of an old woman in Indramayu who almos...
-
Aug 09, 2020 | 10:55 am LT
Mark Zuckerberg has joined the world's most exclus...
-
Aug 09, 2020 | 10:45 am LT
Revealed! It turns out that this is the origin of ...
-
Aug 09, 2020 | 10:42 am LT
Severe! A Woman in South Tangerang is Raped After ...
-
Aug 09, 2020 | 09:34 am LT
Dor! This Man's Intestine Explodes After Eating A ...