Why only female mosquitoes spread malaria?

Answer 1

Only female mosquitoes need blood, so they bite humans thus transmitting the parasite from an infected human to a non-infected human.

When a female mosquito bites an individual who has malaria, the parasite carries on with them and can infect the next person they bite. Female mosquitoes require blood in order to fertilize eggs for reproduction.

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Answer 2

Daniel Allen

Male mosquitoes do not transmit malaria; female mosquitoes do so because they need blood to develop and lay their eggs, and while they are doing so, they can pick up the Plasmodium parasite from an infected person and pass it on to another when they feed again.

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